Copolymer-induced stabilizing effect of highly swollen hexagonal   mesophases
  We show quantitatively that tiny amounts of copolymer that decorate a oil/water interfaces can greatly enhance the stability of swollen surfactant hexagonal phases, comprising oil tubes regularly arranged in a water matrix. Such soft composite materials, whose both radius of the tubes and water channel between the tubes can be controlled independently over large ranges, offer a potential interest for the synthesis of mesoporous materials. 
Laurence Ramos (LCVN), Christian Ligoure (LCVN)