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Wet‐Chemical Synthesis of Amphiphilic Rodlike Silica Particles and their Molecular Mimetic Assembly in Selective Solvents
Author(s) -
He Jie,
Yu Binyu,
Hourwitz Matt J.,
Liu Yijing,
Perez Maria Teresa,
Yang Jun,
Nie Zhihong
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201105821
Subject(s) - amphiphile , micelle , monolayer , solvent , amphiphilic molecule , chemical engineering , materials science , nanotechnology , chemistry , polymer science , organic chemistry , polymer chemistry , copolymer , polymer , aqueous solution , engineering
Flowers and stars : A wet‐chemical method was developed to synthesize amphiphilic rodlike silica particles with hydrophilic (green in picture) and hydrophobic (red) blocks. The self‐assembly of the amphiphilic rodlike particles leads to various structures including planar monolayers, bundle micelles, flower micelles, star micelles (right in picture), and reverse micelles (left) depending on the properties of the rods and the nature of the solvent.