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Wrapping Nanotubes with Micelles, Hemimicelles, and Cylindrical Micelles
Article first published online: 29 JUL 2009
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200900528
Copyright © 2009 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
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How to Cite
Calvaresi, M., Dallavalle, M. and Zerbetto, F. (2009), Wrapping Nanotubes with Micelles, Hemimicelles, and Cylindrical Micelles. Small, 5: 2191–2198. doi: 10.1002/smll.200900528
Publication History
- Issue published online: 23 SEP 2009
- Article first published online: 29 JUL 2009
- Manuscript Revised: 12 JUN 2009
- Manuscript Received: 26 MAR 2009
Keywords:
- carbon nanotubes;
- micelles;
- self-assembly;
- simulations;
- surfactants
Graphical Abstract
A simple model based on hydrophobic and hydrophilic forces is used to investigate the molecular dynamics that lead to the supramolecular self-assembly of surfactants around carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The effects of the concentration and the structure of surfactants are explored. The bead-based mesoscopic description spontaneously develops the several micellar morphologies that are known to wrap and solvate CNTs (see image).
Abstract
This work uses a simple model based on hydrophobic and hydrophilic forces to investigate the molecular dynamics that lead to the supramolecular self-assembly of surfactants around carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The effects of the concentration and the structure of surfactants are explored. The bead-based mesoscopic description spontaneously develops the several micellar morphologies that are known to wrap and solvate CNTs.