Solvent-driven formation of bolaamphiphilic vesicles.
We show that a spontaneous bending of single-layer bolaamphiphiles results from the frustration due to the competition between core-core and tail-solvent interactions. We find that spherical vesicles are stable under rather general assumptions on these interactions described within the Flory-Huggins theory. We consider also the deformation of the vesicles in an external magnetic field that has been recently experimentally observed.
Katsnelson
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Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Fasolino
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D008280:Magnetics; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry*
D012997:Solvents; D013876:Thiophenes