Wrapping nanotubes with micelles, hemimicelles, and cylindrical micelles.
This work uses a simple model based on hydrophobic and hydrophilic forces to investigate the molecular dynamics that lead to the supramolecular self-assembly of surfactants around carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The effects of the concentration and the structure of surfactants are explored. The bead-based mesoscopic description spontaneously develops the several micellar morphologies that are known to wrap and solvate CNTs.
Calvaresi
Matteo
M
Dipartimento di Chimica G. Ciamician, Università di Bologna, V. F. Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy.
Dallavalle
Marco
M
Zerbetto
Francesco
F
D000327:Adsorption; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004058:Diffusion; D008823:Micelles; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D008823:Micelles; D037742:Nanotubes, Carbon; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014867:Water