Non-covalent synthesis of supermicelles with complex architectures using spatially confined hydrogen-bonding interactions

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Xiaoyu ^a,c   Gao, Yang ^a   Boott, Charlotte E ^a   Winnik, Mitchell A ^b   Manners, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDING; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN; SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MATERIAL STATE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLVOPHOBICITY; SUPERMICELLE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84941140660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9127     Document Type: Article

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