Synergistic self-assembly of scaffolds and building blocks for directed synthesis of organic nanomaterials

Journal Article · Mon Sep 23 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · ChemComm

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cc45847d· OSTI ID:1113164

Dergunov, Sergey A. ^[1]; Richter, Andrew G. ^[2]; Kim, Mariya D. ^[1]; Pingali, Sai Venkatesh ^[3]; Urban, Volker S. ^[3]; Pinkhassik, Eugene ^[1]

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1. St. Louis Univ., MO (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
2. Valparaiso Univ., IN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Structural Molecular Biology

Surfactants and hydrophobic monomers spontaneously assemble into vesicles containing monomers within the bilayer. Synergistic self-assembly is essential to the joint action of monomers and surfactants. Polymerization in the bilayer formed hollow polymer nanocapsules.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR); Center for Structural Molecular Biology (CSMB)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1113164
• Journal Information: ChemComm, Journal Name: ChemComm Journal Issue: 94 Vol. 49; ISSN CHCOFS; ISSN 1359-7345
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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