The influence of phenyl and phenoxy modification in the hydrophobic tails of di-n-alkyl phosphate amphiphiles on aggregate morphology

I Visscher, MCA Stuart, JBFN Engberts

Index: Visscher, Inge; Stuart, Marc C. A.; Engberts, Jan B. F. N. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 4, # 4 p. 707 - 712

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Abstract

A series of di-n-alkyl phosphate amphiphiles containing phenyl and phenoxy groups in the hydrophobic tails were synthesised, and their aggregation behaviour was investigated using fluorescence spectroscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and cryo-electron microscopy. The aggregates displayed a wide variety of aggregate morphologies. The incorporation of a phenyl group into the end or in the middle of the alkyl chain lowered the main phase ...