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Back Cover: Ultrasound‐Driven Secondary Self‐Assembly of Amphiphilic β‐Cyclodextrin Dimers (Chem. Eur. J. 13/2015)
Author(s) -
Zhang Haitao,
Fan Xiaodong,
Tian Wei,
Suo Rongtian,
Yang Zhen,
Bai Yang,
Zhang Wanbin
Publication year - 2015
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.201590051
Subject(s) - amphiphile , sonication , micelle , self assembly , dimer , cyclodextrin , amphiphilic molecule , aqueous solution , molecule , chemistry , polymer chemistry , copolymer , chemical engineering , materials science , organic chemistry , nanotechnology , chromatography , polymer , engineering
Controlled secondary self‐assembly of amphiphilic molecules in solution has theoretical and practical significance in amphiphilic molecular applications. In their Full Paper on page 5000 ff. , X.‐D. Fan, W. Tian, and co‐workers describe the design of an amphiphilic β‐cyclodextrin dimer, which can self‐assemble into spherical micelles in aqueous solution without ultrasonication. While the primary micelles were dissociated under the action of ultrasonication; the secondary self‐assemblies possessing branched morphology could be formed by further increasing the ultrasonication time.