Mixtures of nanometric rods and spherical micelles that are dominated by excluded volume (entropic) interactions tend to de-mix into sphere- rod-rich mesophases. Here we report the observation hybrid mesophases formed mixtures polymer-decorated sulfuric-acid-hydrolyzed cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs, rod-like particles), at high CNCs concentrations (7 wt%) where native suspensions bi-phasic (isot...

INTRODUCTION: Curcuminoids and Oleic acid, reported in the literature as antioxidant antitumor agents, were combined nanoemulsion, using Pluronic F127 a stabilizer.
 METHODS: The main objective is to investigate its cytotoxic activity against cancer cells.
 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: nanoemulsion show values of particle size (251.4 ± 4.6 nm), zeta potential (-34.8 1.0 mV), pH (4.8) class...

Hematite (α-Fe2O3) thin films with various nanostructures were synthesized through self-assembly between iron oxide hydroxide particles, generated by hydrolysis and condensation of Fe(NO3)3 · 6H2O, and a Pluronic triblock copolymer (F127, (EO)106(PO)70(EO)106, EO = ethylene oxide, PO = propylene oxide), followed by calcination. The self-assembly structure can be tuned by introducing water in a ...