Self-assembly of surfactants and polymorphic transition in nanotubes

Noriyoshi Arai; Kenji Yasuoka; X. C. Zeng

doi:10.1021/ja7108739

Self-assembly of surfactants and polymorphic transition in nanotubes

Noriyoshi Arai, Kenji Yasuoka, X. C. Zeng

Chemistry

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Abstract

We study self-assembly and polymorphic transitions of surfactant molecules in water within a nanotube and the effect of water-nanotube interactions on the self-assembly morphologies. We present a simulation evidence of a cornucopia of polymorphic structures of surfactant assemblies-many of which have not been observed in bulk solutions-through adjusting the water-nanotube chemical interactions which range from hydrophilic to hydroneutral and to hydrophobic. The ability to control the morphologies of surfactant assemblies within nanoscale confinement can be used for patterning the interior surface of nanochannels for application in nanofluidics and nanomedical devices.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7916-7920
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume	130
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ja7108739
State	Published - Jun 25 2008

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Biochemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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