title: A metal complex that imitates a micelle.
abstract: A metal complex with a micelle-like, core-shell structure adopts higher nuclearity in water than in organic solvents, thereby imitating also the growth of a micelle, but through covalent rather than non-covalent aggregation.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University Belfast, David Keir Building, Stranmillis Road, Belfast BT9 5AG, UK.
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giri
authors.forename: Stuart L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: James
mesh_terms: D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008823:Micelles; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012834:Silver / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D014867:Water; D012834:Silver