Monitoring the structural transition of a hydrophobic amphiphile from the isotropic to gel state

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We propose a SANS experiment to investigate a structural transition involving an alkylated fullerene-C60 (an alkyl-aromatic hydrophobic amphiphile) in alkane solvents from an isotropic micelle phase to a structured fibrous gel phase. These solution-based gel fibres can carry charge and are therefore of significant interest for next-generation molecular organic electronics. Both phases have been characterised in preliminary experiments using synchrotron SAXS (SPring-8, Japan), but there remain fundamental open questions about the mechanism of the transition and structure of the fibres. The obtained results will have a profound impact on this exciting topic, specifically allowing us to optimize the charge transport properties of the gel structure, while also increasing our understanding of the new concept of alkyl-aromatic hydrophobic amphiphilicity.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.42591882
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/42591882
Provenance
Creator Dr Zoe Schnepp; Dr Brian Pauw; Dr Martin Hollamby; Mr Ashleigh Danks
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-10-11T23:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-10-14T07:57:44Z