New role for urea as a surfactant headgroup promoting self-assembly in water

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 594-597

  Fong, Celesta ^a   Wells, Darrell ^a   Krodkiewska, Irena ^a   Hartley, Patrick G ^a   Drummond, Calum J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

LYTROPIC LIQUID; LYTROPIC LIQUIDS;

UREA;

EID: 32944472868     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm0522681     Document Type: Article

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