Dioxane

1,4-Dimethylbenzene and 1,3,5-tri(4-aminophenyl) benzene (TAPB) were purchased from TCI and used as received. Crystalline neat phosphoric acid was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and used as received. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was refluxed with sodium and benzophenone to remove water and oxygen before use. Dehydrated N, N-dimethylformide (DMF), acetonitrile (CH₃CN) and o-dichlorobenzene (o-DCB) were purchased from Kanto Chemicals. Dioxane, mesitylene, n-butanol and acetic acid were purchased from Wako Chemicals. 2,5-Dimethylterephthalaldehyde (DMeTP) was synthesised according to the reported method^{48 (link)}.

1-Palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and egg yolk phosphatidyl-ethanolamine (EPE) were purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids (Alabaster, AL, USA). Chitosan-hexamer was purchased from Seikagaku Co. (Tokyo, Japan). Bovine carbonic anhydrase (CAB) and 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid were obtained from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA). Hen egg white lysozyme, cholesterol, guanidinium hydrochloride (GuHCl), dithiothreitol (DTT), N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS), dioxane and potassium hexacyano-ferrate (II) were purchased from Wako (Osaka, Japan). 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethlaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride (WSC) and 1-(4-trimethyl -ammoniumphenyl)-6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (TMA-DPH) were purchased from Dojindo Laboratories (Kumamoto, Japan). All other chemicals used were of analytical reagent grade.