Effect of addition of dendritic C60 amphiphiles on the structure of cationic surfactant solutions

Self-assembly of metal–ligand coordinated charged vesicles

“…Novel self-assembled structures can form because of the absence of the excess salts without screened electrostatic repulsions by salts [25 • -27 • ]. More salt-free catanionic surfactant systems consisting of uni-and multilamellar vesicles were systematically studied [28][29][30][31][32]. Very recent, a system of an excellent extractant of rare earth metal ions, di(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate (HDEHP, commercial name P204), mixing with a cationic trimethyltetradecylammonium hydroxide (TTAOH) in water was studied [33].…”

Self-assembly of fullerene C60-based amphiphiles in solutions

“…108 However, no studies on their self-assembly in bulk solutions were carried out. We prepared a C 60 -POM hybrid through amide coupling between a monosubstituted C 60 carboxylic acid and a tris-modified, Dawson trivanadium substituted heteropolytungstate (61). 105 The solubility of 61 is dominated by its POM moiety due to its larger size compared to the C 60 sphere.…”

“…A good way to solve this issue is collaboration between different research groups. For example, amphiphile 13 was first synthesized by Hirschs group, which was later distributed to other researchers for deep investigations, 60,61,86,[115][116][117] not limited to the self-assembled structures in water, of course. Another example is amphiphile 29, which was synthesized by the Nakamuras group but the selfassembly was explored with the help of the Chu's group which is known to be specialized in light scattering studies.…”

“…[57][58][59] In colloid and interface science, manipulation of the aggregation of some charged C 60 derivatives by surfactants has also been reported. 60,61 These phenomena, which occur in solution but need the participation of additional components, will also be excluded.…”