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Mesomorphous polyelectrolyte‐surfactant complexes
Author(s) -
Antonietti Markus,
Burger Christian,
Effing Jochem
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19950070817
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , pulmonary surfactant , materials science , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , polymer , composite material , engineering
Polyelectrolyte–surfactant complexation allows the design and synthesis of a variety of highly ordered materials (sch as that modeled in the Figure). The variation of the polyelectrolyte and surfactant properties enables the tuning of the mechanical, electrical, and optical properties of the materials. The highly ordered media produced could be combined with a number of functional componentn (e.g., NLO dyes, conducting subunits, or gas selective groups).