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Reversible switching of amphiphilic self-assemblies between micelles and microemulsions by a thermal stimulus
Bin Dong1, Xueqing Xing, Rui Wang
1Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China. ygao@dicp.ac.cn.
Abstract:
The ionic liquid (IL), tetrabutylphosphonium trifluoroacetate ([P4444][CF3COO]), showed a low critical solution temperature (LCST)-type phase transition in water. Using this temperature-sensitive IL and the Triton X-100/H2O system, the reversible transformation between micelles and microemulsions was thus realized by a thermal stimulus for the first time.

