| Abstract: | Part I reviewed the properties of alkyl glyceryl ethers and their derivatives in forming self-assemblies such as liquid crystals. Part II covers strategies for the synthesis of several types of artificial ether lipids with a glycerin backbone, such as dicephalic surfactants, gemini surfactants, calamitic bola-amphiphiles, dendrimers, and membrane components of archaebacteria, which have been reported to constitute unique self-assemblies useful as materials for future nanochemistry. |
