Back Cover: Self-Assembly of Hydration-Dependent Quasi-Spherical Mixed Micelles into Selective Mesoscale Complex Crystalline Structures

Abstract

This study reveals the self-assembly of complex mesoscale liquid crystalline structures from nonionic amphiphiles (C₁₆EO₂₀ and EO₅PO₄₉EO₅) in aqueous solution. Quantitative small-angle X-ray scattering analyses, including Le Bail refinements and electron density reconstruction, elucidate hydration-dependent quasi-spherical micelle packing into diverse superlattices such as Frank–Kasper phases, providing mechanistic insights into soft matter crystallization and the design of hierarchical nanostructured materials (e70049).