Bolaform surfactants with polyoxometalate head groups and their assembly into ultra-small monolayer membrane vesicles

Bolaform amphiphiles are surfactants with two hydrophilic end groups, known to form stable micelles. Polarz et al. have synthesized dipolar bolaform surfactants with polyoxometallate head groups, which have a very low self-organization concentration and form nanoscale monolayer vesicles.