Aggregates from semifluorinated n-alkanes: How incompatibility determines self-assembly

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-226

  Lo Nostro, Pierandrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diblock copolymer(s); Immiscibility; Incompatibility; Phase separation; Self assembly; Semifluorinated n alkane(s)

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBONS; GELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

PARAFFINS;

ALKANE; BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; CALCIUM; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; COPOLYMER; FLUOROCARBON; HYDROCARBON; MACROGOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPID; POLYSTYRENE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMULSION; EXPERIMENTATION; GEL; LIQUID; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULE; PHASE TRANSITION; REVIEW; SOLID STATE;

EID: 0042073210     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(03)00052-9     Document Type: Review

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