Back Cover: Lyotropic Lamellar Phase Formed from Monolayered θ‐Shaped Carborane‐Cage Amphiphiles (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 46/2013). Issue 46 (5th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brusselle, Damien; Bauduin, Pierre; Girard, Luc; Zaulet, Adnana; Viñas, Clara; Teixidor, Francesc; Ly, Isabelle; Diat, Olivier
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 52:Issue 46(2013)
• Page Start: 12194
• Page End: 12194
• Publication Date: 2013-11-05
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201308830
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="graphical" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p> <bold>Unlike the self‐assembly</bold> of other surfactants, that of metallacarborane clusters, described as θ‐shaped amphiphiles, does not originate from the hydrophobic effect. In their Communication on <ext-link ext-link-type="doi" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">page 12114 ff.</ext-link>, P. Bauduin et al. show that specific interactions involving many intermolecular dihydrogen bonds, such as CH^{<italic>δ</italic>+}⋅⋅⋅^{<italic>δ</italic>−}HB, are the key to understanding the aggregation process in water. This peculiarity results in the formation of lyotropic lamellar phases with a unique monomolecular structure.<boxed-text content-type="graphic" position="anchor" orientation="portrait"><graphic position="anchor" mimetype="image" xlink:href="ark:/27927/pgg4t77rdnt" orientation="portrait" xlink:type="simple" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" /></boxed-text></p> </abstract>