title: Self-assembly of amphiphilic poly(phenylene ethynylene)s in water-potassium dodecanoate-decanol lyotropic liquid crystals.
abstract: Poly(phenylene ethynylene)s bearing a high density of branched amphiphilic side-chains self-assemble at the air-water interface and in water-potassium dodecanoate-decanol lyotropic liquid crystals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouffard
authors.forename: Timothy M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Swager
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D007851:Dodecanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry*; D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D011188:Potassium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D011108:Polymers; C473966:poly(phenylene ethynylene); D014867:Water; D007851:Dodecanol; C029383:n-decyl alcohol; D011188:Potassium