Geometry induced sequence of nanoscale Frank-Kasper and quasicrystal mesophases in giant surfactants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 50, 2016, Pages 14195-14200

  Yue, Kan ^a   Huang, Mingjun ^a   Marson, Ryan L ^b   Hec, Jinlin ^c   Huang, Jiahao ^a   Zhou, Zhe ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Yan, Xuesheng ^c   Wu, Kan ^a   Guo, Zaihong ^d   Liu, Hao ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Ni, Peihong ^c   Wesdemiotis, Chrys ^a,d   Zhang, Wen Bin ^e   Glotzer, Sharon C ^b   Cheng, Stephen Z D ^a  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Frank kasper phases; Giant surfactants; POSS; Quasicrystal phases; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

NANOMATERIAL; OLIGOMER; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE; POLYSTYRENE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATION; CONJUGATE; CRYSTAL; FRANK KASPER PHASE; GEOMETRY; HYDROPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASICRYSTAL PHASE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SELF ASSEMBLY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 85005950544     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1609422113     Document Type: Article

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