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Nature Materials 6, 287–290 (1 April 2007) | doi:10.1038/nmat1864

Self-assembly in sugar|[ndash]|oil complex glasses

Hiteshkumar Dave , Feng Gao , Jing-Huei Lee , Matthew Liberatore , Chia-Chi Ho & Carlos C. Co

In aqueous systems, the hydrophobic effect drives the self-assembly of amphiphiles into a broad range of micellar, rod-like, bicontinuous and liquid-crystalline complex fluids. Many of these are relevant to biological matter or technological applications.