Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

2 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

JoVE Journal

Preparation of Carbon Nanosheets at Room Temperature

Stephen Schrettl¹, Bjoern Schulte¹, Cristina Stefaniu², Joana Oliveira², Gerald Brezesinski², Holger Frauenrath¹

¹Institute of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), ²Colloid Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

We present the synthesis of an amphiphilic hexayne and its use in the preparation of carbon nanosheets at the air-water interface from a self-assembled monolayer of these reactive, carbon-rich molecular precursors.

Chemistry

Phase Behavior of Charged Vesicles Under Symmetric and Asymmetric Solution Conditions Monitored with Fluorescence Microscopy

Bastian Kubsch¹, Tom Robinson¹, Jan Steinkühler¹, Rumiana Dimova¹

¹Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces

Experiments on phase separated giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) frequently neglect physiological solution conditions. This work presents approaches to study the effect of high-salinity buffer on liquid-liquid phase separation in charged multicomponent GUVs as a function of trans-membrane solution asymmetry and temperature.