Contribution of Interfacial Tension on the Micelle Structure

The micellar structure of these studied EG, /Sii4C3EO systems is mostly determined by the three factors the interfacial tension between the silicone core and solvent, the solvent selectivity and the penetration effect of the solvent into the corona of micelle. 

The author thanks Dr. Christian A. Steinbeck for helpful discussions of NMR techniques. This work was supported by Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST) of JST Corporation and by the U.S. National Science Foundation Division of Materials Research under award DMR-02-33728 using Central Facilities of the NSF supported UCSB Materials Research Laboratory. 

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