Wiley, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 23(50), p. 5298-5300, 2011
Wiley, Angewandte Chemie, 23(123), p. 5410-5412, 2011
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Sandwiched: The cobaltabisdicarbollide (mono-)anion ([3,3′-Co(1,2- C2B9H11)2]-, COSAN -) forms monolayer vesicles at low concentrations in water (see picture). An increase in concentration leads to a Coulomb explosion of the closely packed vesicles into small micelles, which results in the coexistence of both aggregation states at higher concentrations.