Two types of chromophoric amphiphiles were synthesized: one of them possesses a molecular structure of N,N-dialkyl aromatic amino acid (5X18 type, where X is A or Cz), and the other alpha,gamma-dialkylglutamate connected to aromatic amino acid (mXG12 type, where m is an integer). 5-N-Ethylcarbazolyl and 9-anthryl groups were chosen as the chromophore, and introduced to each amino acid derivative. All the amphiphiles formed assembly showing gel-liquid crystalline phase transition. The phase-transition temperature of the assembly composed of mXG12-type amphiphile was higher than that of 5X18-type amphiphile. Absorption and CD spectra of 6-(trimethylammonium)hexanoyl-L-3-(5-N-ethylcarbazolyl) alanine N,N-dioctadecylamide bromide (5Cz18) in the assembly indicated the absence of strong ground-state interactions between the carbazolyl groups, while those of 6-(trimethylammonium)hexanoyl-L-3-(5-N-ethylcarbazolyl)alanyl-L-gl utamic acid alpha,gamma-didodecyl ester (5CzG12) or 11-(trimethylammonium)undecanoyl-L-3-(5-N-ethylcarbazolyl)al anyl-L-glutamic acid alpha,gamma-didodecyl ester (10CzG12) indicated the ground-state interactions based on dimer or higher aggregates.
