title: Crystallization of soft crystals.
abstract: The crystallization of micelles formed by surfactant F127 solvated by 20% in water was investigated in the vicinity of a hydrophilic interface. Upon entering the crystalline phase from low temperature, a large correlation length develops without preferential texture. Upon heating, the correlation length decreases and Oswald ripening is observed with crystallites orienting with respect to each other while retaining long-range and textured correlation.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Experimental Physics/Solid-State Physics/EP IV, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. v-wolff@ill.eu
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Magerl
authors.forename: Hartmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zabel