ISSN:
1435-1536
Keywords:
Lyotropic
;
liquid crystals
;
lamellar phase
;
SLS
;
x-ray diffraction
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract The ternary system sodium-dodecylsulphate (SLS)/decanol/water has been investigated at three different water contents and varying ratios of cosurfactant to surfactant by means of polarized optical microscopy,2H-NMR quadrupole splittings and small angle x-ray scattering. Upon addition of decanol a hexagonal phase transforms into a lamellar phase. For the highest water content of 0.65 no intermediate two-phase regions are detected but nematic phases are formed between. The lamellar phase at low cosurfactant content is very sensitive to changes of temperature and seems to be a so-called defective one with curved interfaces. From the scaling behavior it is concluded that the building units seem to be ribbons of increasing width on addition of cosurfactant or amphiphilic substance. By reaching a decanol mole fraction of 0.4 a “classical” lamellar phase with well-known behavior is formed. During these transformations the position of the first diffraction maximum changes gradually irrespective of phase transitions. The maximum mole fraction of cosurfactant the lamellar phase of our system can incorporate is 0.77.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00665644
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