Kinetic switching between two modes of bisurea surfactant self-assembly.
The size and shape of a surfactant aggregate could be altered by using supersaturation like in crystal growth, rather than applying common laws that drive surfactant aggregate formation.
Vos
Matthijn R J
MR
Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry and Soft Matter Cryo-TEM Research Unit, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. matthijn.vos@fei.com
Leclère
Philippe E L G
PE
Meekes
Hugo
H
Vlieg
Elias
E
Nolte
Roeland J M
RJ
Sommerdijk
Nico A J M
NA
D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D020285:Cryoelectron Microscopy; D003460:Crystallization; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D007700:Kinetics; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D014508:Urea / Q000737:chemistry*
D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D014508:Urea