A tetramer micelle: the smallest aggregation number corresponding to the vertex number of regular polyhedra in platonic micelles

In this paper, we describe the construction of tetramer micelles based on the idea of "Platonic micelles" whose aggregation number ( N agg ) matches the vertex number of regular polyhedra and exhibits the monodispersity and discreteness in the N agg . Sulfonatocalix[4]arene-based amphiphiles form monodisperse tetramer micelles whose aggregation number is the smallest corresponding to the vertex number of regular polyhedra.