title: Generation dependent mesophase behavior in extended amphiphilic dendrons in the shape of macromolecular dumbbells.
abstract: Small angle X-ray scattering studies of 2nd and 3rd generation based extended amphiphilic dendrons in the shape of macromolecular dumbbells with identical hydrophilic volume fractions suggest 2-D hexagonal columnar and Pm3n micellar cubic mesophases, respectively, elucidating the role of shape induced interface curvature in mesophase formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
authors.forename: Byoung-Ki
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Sol M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Gruner
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wiesner