Issue 55, 2015
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Chemical Communications

Reversible switching of amphiphilic self-assemblies between micelles and microemulsions by a thermal stimulus†

Bin Dong,‡a   Xueqing Xing,‡b   Rui Wang,ac   Bing Wang,d   Xiaoyan Zhou,d   Chang Wang,a   Li Yu,*c   Zhonghua Wub  and  Yanan Gao*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
E-mail: ygao@dicp.ac.cn

b Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

c Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
E-mail: ylmlt@sdu.edu.cn

d Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety and Key Laboratory of Nuclear Radiation and Nuclear Energy Technology, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Abstract

The ionic liquid (IL), tetrabutylphosphonium trifluoroacetate ([P4444][CF3COO]), showed a low critical solution temperature (LCST)-type phase transition in water. Using this temperature-sensitive IL and the Triton X-100/H2O system, the reversible transformation between micelles and microemulsions was thus realized by a thermal stimulus for the first time.

Graphical abstract: Reversible switching of amphiphilic self-assemblies between micelles and microemulsions by a thermal stimulus

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5CC03192C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Apr 2015
Accepted
01 Jun 2015
First published
01 Jun 2015

Chem. Commun., 2015,51, 11119-11122

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Reversible switching of amphiphilic self-assemblies between micelles and microemulsions by a thermal stimulus

B. Dong, X. Xing, R. Wang, B. Wang, X. Zhou, C. Wang, L. Yu, Z. Wu and Y. Gao, Chem. Commun., 2015, 51, 11119 DOI: 10.1039/C5CC03192C

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