title: Sandwich organization of non-ionic surfactant liquid crystalline phases as induced by large inorganic K4Nb6O17 nanosheets.
abstract: While retaining its lamellar liquid crystal phase, K4Nb6O17 nanosheets were used as a template to sandwich and stabilize an alkylpoly(ethylene oxide) nonionic surfactant-water system showing monodomain (lamella) formation within the inorganic niobate sheets that appears to be not dependent on the surfactant liquid crystalline state in solution but more its concentration.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences de la Terre d'Orléans, UMR 7327 CNRS-Université d'Orléans, Orléans 45071, France. regis.guegan@univ-orleans.fr.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guégan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sueyoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anraku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyamoto
mesh_terms: D050866:Liquid Crystals / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures; D009556:Niobium / Q000737:chemistry*; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017680:Potassium Compounds; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; D009556:Niobium