title: Self-Assembly of Polyoxovanadate-Containing Fluorosurfactants.
abstract: Two novel polyoxovanadate (POV)-containing fluorosurfactants, each with two hydrophobic fluorinated "tails" and one nanosized, hydrophilic, rigid POV "head group", are synthesized for the first time. They self-assemble into spherical, bilayer vesicles in acetonitrile/water mixed solvents, as evidenced by systemic studies using laser light scattering (LLS) and electron microscopy techniques. The vesicle sizes demonstrate dynamic change over different solvent compositions mainly as a result of the solvent swelling of the fluorocarbon chains, although the charge number on the POVs changes over the solvent polarity as well.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States.
authors.forename: Baofang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States.
authors.forename: Lang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Emory University , Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States.
authors.forename: Craig L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325, United States.
authors.forename: Tianbo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu