“Micro-Pottery”Marangoni Effect Driven Assembly of Amphiphilic Fibers Janhavi S. Raut Pradeep Bhattad Aditi C. Kulkarni Vijay M. Naik 10.1021/la0487848.s001 https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/_Micro_Pottery_Marangoni_Effect_Driven_Assembly_of_Amphiphilic_Fibers/3304504 We report spontaneous supra-assembly of fibrous surfactant crystallites at the air−solution interface resulting in spectacular arrays of two-dimensional spiral and three-dimensional “micro-pottery”-like superstructures. Surface pressure differential driven bending of the embryonic fiber nuclei and Marangoni convection driven fiber migration/alignment appear to be the causal factors behind this phenomenon. The assemblies form at specific crystal-growth velocities dictated by the relative time scales for fiber bending/alignment and their rigidification/immobilization as they grow. Although our studies are restricted to a specific class of amphiphiles, namely, alkaline metal salts of linear fatty acids, the phenomenon should be generic to amphiphilic molecules that crystallize into flexible fibers. 2005-01-18 00:00:00 phenomenon Amphiphilic Fibers fiber nuclei Marangoni convection assemblies form Surface pressure metal salts surfactant crystallites amphiphilic molecules time scales