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Nonpolar Gemini Amphiphiles Self‐Assemble into Stacked Layers of Nano‐Objects
Author(s) -
de Gracia Lux Caroline,
Krafft Marie Pierre
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201000762
Subject(s) - amphiphile , fluorocarbon , monolayer , nano , micelle , layer (electronics) , hydrocarbon , materials science , self assembly , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , organic chemistry , copolymer , composite material , polymer , engineering , aqueous solution
Fluorine in bloom : A nonpolar fluorocarbon/hydrocarbon tetrablock self‐assembles into a first monolayer consisting of an array of densely packed discrete circular surface micelles (dark); this layer is surmounted by a second layer of such nano‐objects (light).