Doping silver nanoparticles in AOT lyotropic lamellar phases

The organic lyotropic liquid crystal with long-range structural order is us ed as template to assemble inorganic/organic hybrid by doping pre-fabricate d Ag nanoparticles. The lamellar hybrid with both hydrophilic and hydrophob ic particles doped simultaneously is realized for the first time. The chang e of template structure after doping and the stability origin of dual-doped system are characterized by small angle X-ray scattering and polarized opt ical microscopy. Results show that the interaction and space matching betwe en surfactant bilayers and doped particles are key factors to obtain stable hybrid.