Patent ID: 7563890

Claim:
An amphiphilic compound of the structure: wherein: A 1 -A 6 are synthons, wherein A 1 , A 3 and A 5 are each benzene and A 2 , A 4 , and A 6 are each cyclohexane; L 1 -L 6 are linkers, wherein L 1 -L 6 are each independently selected from —C(O)O—, —OC(O)—, —C(O)NH—, —NHC(O)—, —CH 2 NH—, —NHCH 2 —, —N═CH—, and —CH═N—; R 1 , R 3 , R 5 , R 7 , R 9 and R 11 are each independently selected from hydrogen and a lipophilic group selected from -(8C-28C )alkyl, —O(8C-28C)alkyl, —NH(8C -28C)alkyl, —OC(O)-(8C-28C)alkyl, —C(O)O—(8C-28C)alkyl, —NHC(O)-(8C-28C)alkyl, —C(O)NH-(8C-28C)alkyl, —CH═CH-(8C-28C)alkyl and —C≡C-(8C-28C)alkyl, wherein the carbon atoms of the (8C-28C)alkyl group may be interrupted by one or more —S—, double bond, triple bond or —SiR′R″— groups, wherein each carbon atom is optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms, and wherein R′ and R″ independently comprise (1C-18C)alkyl; wherein each lipophilic group selected may be the same or different from each other; and wherein at least one of R 1 , R 3 , R 5 , R 7 , R 9 and R 11 is a lipophilic group; and R 2 , R 4 , R 6 , R 8 , R 10 and R 12 are each independently selected from hydrogen and a hydrophilic group; wherein each hydrophilic group selected may be the same or different from each other; and wherein at least one of R 1 , R 3 , R 5 , R 7 , R 9 and R 11 is a hydrophilic group.