The semifluorinated molecular diblock compounds considered here consist primarily of
covalent assemblages of a linear perfluoroalkyl chain (F-chain, CnF2n+ 1) and a linear …

This overview covers recent literature on fluorinated amphiphiles and self-assemblies of
biomedical interest. It includes 1)“standard” perfluoroalkylated surfactants, 2)(perfluoroalkyl) …

Perfluorocarbons are primarily characterized by outstanding chemical and biological
inertness, and intense hydrophobic and lipophobic effects. The latter effects provide a …

The air/liquid interface is an excellent platform to assemble two-dimensional (2D) sheets of
materials by enhancing spontaneous organizational features of the building components …

The SIRIUS beamline of Synchrotron SOLEIL is dedicated to X-ray scattering and
spectroscopy of surfaces and interfaces, covering the tender to mid-hard X-ray range (1.1 …

Fully atomistic molecular-dynamics (MD) simulations of perfluoroalkylalkane molecules at
the surface of water show the spontaneous formation of aggregates whose size and …

After a brief reminder of the specific properties of fluorocarbons, fluorinated chains and
molecular fluorocarbon-hydrocarbon diblocks (semifluorinated alkanes, C n F2 n+ 1C m H2 …

A solution-based two-dimensional interfacial reaction between 5, 10, 15, 20-tetra (4-pyridyl)-
porphinato zinc (II)(ZnTPyP, 1) and Cu (NO3) 2· 3H2O, 2, results in the assembly of uniform …

For years, researchers had presumed that Langmuir monolayers of small C n F2 n+ 1C m
H2 m+ 1 (FnHm) diblock molecules (such as F 8 H 16) consisted of continuous, featureless …

Semifluorinated alkanes (SFAs) are diblock molecules, in which two mutually immiscible
moieties, namely the hydrocarbon segment and the perfluorinated segment are bound …