Tandem triggering of wormlike micelles using CO2 and redox

Abstract

Wormlike micelles constructed from a selenium-containing surfactant and a commercial diamine through a simple combination strategy can reversibly undergo a tandem reaction in response to CO₂ and redox, exhibiting a transition between a gel-like fluid and a water-like fluid due to the evolution of aggregate structures from wormlike micelles to spherical micelles.