title: Direct evidence for highly organized networks of circular surface micelles of surfactant at the air-water interface.
abstract: We report the first direct evidence for the formation of circular surface micelles (hemimicelles) on the surface of water. These highly monodisperse 30 nm hemimicelles, made from a semifluorinated alkane deposited as a Langmuir monolayer, form organized hexagonal arrays as determined by small-angle X-ray diffraction conducted directly on the water surface at grazing incidence.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique (UMR 130), BP 34, 91898 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fontaine
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldmann
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Muller
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fauré
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Konovalov
authors.forename: Marie Pierre
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Krafft