Thermoreversible formation and negative thermal expansion of supramacromolecular assemblies of unimolecular micelles in solution

Agustín S Picco; Basit Yameen; Omar Azzaroni; Marcelo Ceolín

doi:10.1039/c0cc05472k

Thermoreversible formation and negative thermal expansion of supramacromolecular assemblies of unimolecular micelles in solution

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Apr 7;47(13):3802-4. doi: 10.1039/c0cc05472k. Epub 2011 Feb 2.

Authors

Agustín S Picco¹, Basit Yameen, Omar Azzaroni, Marcelo Ceolín

Affiliation

¹ Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), Universidad Nacional de La Plata, CONICET, CC. 16 Suc. 4, 1900 La Plata, Argentina.

PMID: 21290060
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc05472k

Abstract

We report the thermoreversible formation of superstructural assemblies of unimolecular micelles in solution displaying negative thermal expansion behaviour.