Self-assembly of flat nanodiscs in salt-free catanionic surfactant solutions

Science

Volumn 283, Issue 5403, 1999, Pages 816-819

  Zemb, Th ^a   Dubois, M ^a   Deme B ^b   Gulik Krzywicki, Th ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES INTERNATIONALES SERVIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ANION TRANSPORT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; CRYSTALLIZATION; IONIC STRENGTH; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033524826     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5403.816     Document Type: Article

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