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Smart Inorganic Surfactants: More than Surface Tension
Author(s) -
Landsmann Steve,
Wessig Martin,
Schmid Marius,
Cölfen Helmut,
Polarz Sebastian
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.201200139
Subject(s) - pulmonary surfactant , ruthenium , surface tension , micelle , nanotechnology , chemistry , computer science , materials science , aqueous solution , organic chemistry , physics , catalysis , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
Hot under the surface : Surfactants with purely inorganic head groups, comprising a ruthenium‐substituted polyoxotungstate cluster, are used to unlock the enormous potential of a synergistic combination of surfactant self‐assembly and stimuli‐responsive properties. The system can dynamically respond to a chemical trigger (such as a change in micelle shape; see scheme), and could lead to new applications for surfactants in light harvesting.