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Sophorolipids: a yeast-derived glycolipid as greener structure directing agents for self-assembled nanomaterials

2010; Royal Society of Chemistry; Volume: 12; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1039/c0gc00163e

1463-9270

Niki Baccile, Nadine Nassif, Luca Malfatti, Inge Van Bogaert, Wim Soetaert, Gérard Péhau‐Arnaudet, Florence Babonneau,

Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis

Sophorolipids, fully natural glycolipids, can form in water nanometre-size micelles of various geometries depending on their concentration as shown by small angle neutron scattering experiments. This property allows use of them, for the first time, as structure directing agents in the synthesis of nanostructured silica thin films via the evaporation induced self-assembly (EISA) process.