Crystallization of soft crystals.
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.
Wolff
Max
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Institute for Experimental Physics/Solid-State Physics/EP IV, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. v-wolff@ill.eu
Magerl
Andreas
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Zabel
Hartmut
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