Ag(i)-mediated self-assembly of anisotropic rods and plates in the surfactant mixture of CTAB and Pluronics.

ABSTRACT: One-dimensional (1D) metallogels are commonly observed in metal-coordinated complexes, but there are not many examples of soft crystalline solids which are generated by the self-assembly of metal-polymer complexation in a non-gel state. In a continued effort to obtain 1D materials by utilizing the tendency of Pluronic triblock copolymers to be micellized anisotropically at an elevated temperature, we investigate Ag(i)-mediated self-assembly of the surfactant mixture of Pluronic copolymers and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). At sufficiently high temperature, Pluronic copolymers are known to organize into many crystalline mesophases, such as body-centered-cubic, hexagonal, and lamellar phases. Four Pluronics of L-31, L-64, P-123, and F-108 were studied, and at the concentration of 17.

SUBMITTER: Song HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9060553 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature