Table 1.

Critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) and hydrodynamic radii (R_h) of the micelles (mean ± SD, n = 4) for tripod amphiphiles (TPA-2, TPA-2-S, TPA-5, TPA-5-1 and TPA-5-2) and conventional detergents (DDM and OG).

Amphiphiles	MW[a]	CMC (mM)	CMC (wt %)	Rh (nm)[b]
TPA-2	659.8	~3.6	~0.24	2.0 ± 0.06
TPA-2-S	665.8	~1.8	~0.12	3.3 ± 0.06
TPA-5	984.0	~8.0	~0.78	6.0 ± 0.12[c]
TPA-5-1	1040.0	~0.30	~0.031	2.7 ± 0.02
TPA-5-2	1011.1	~0.021	~0.002	2.8 ± 0.01
DDM	510.1	~0.17	~0.0087	3.5 ± 0.03
OG	292.4	~25	0.73	1.5~2.3[d]

^[a]Molecular weight of detergents.

^[b]Hydrodynamic radius of micelles as determined at 1.0 wt %.

^[c]Two forms of aggregates were observed with hydrodynamic radii of ~2.2 nm and ~75 nm (see Figure S2).

^[d]These values were obtained from the literature.^[8]