PMID- 17900159 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20071220 LR - 20071016 IS - 0743-7463 (Print) IS - 0743-7463 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 22 DP - 2007 Oct 23 TI - A pyrrole-containing surfactant as a tecton for nanocomposite SiO2 films. PG - 11273-80 AB - A surfactant featuring a polymerizable pyrrole head group (dodecyl-dimethyl-(2-pyrrol-1-yl-ethyl)-ammonium bromide, DDPABr) was synthesized. The thermotropic behavior of the surfactant was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-ray scattering techniques, with small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis revealing a highly ordered lamellar bilayer structure. After full characterization, DDPABr was used in the preparation of mesostructured SiO2 nanocomposite thin films via evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA). Resulting thin SiO2-DDPABr films were studied by 1D and 2D small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques, indicating a lamellar nanocomposite structure. Suitable theoretical SAXS models were applied to fit the experimental 1D SAXS data. The surfactant could be chemically polymerized within the lamellar domains. FAU - Kaper, Helena AU - Kaper H AD - Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Research Campus Golm, D-14424 Potsdam, Germany. FAU - Franke, Danielle AU - Franke D FAU - Smarsly, Bernd M AU - Smarsly BM FAU - Faul, Charl F J AU - Faul CF LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20070927 PL - United States TA - Langmuir JT - Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids JID - 9882736 EDAT- 2007/09/29 09:00 MHDA- 2007/09/29 09:01 CRDT- 2007/09/29 09:00 PHST- 2007/09/29 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/09/29 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2007/09/29 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/la701911n [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Langmuir. 2007 Oct 23;23(22):11273-80. doi: 10.1021/la701911n. Epub 2007 Sep 27.