TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel surfactant mesostructural topologies
T2 - Between lamellae and columnar (hexagonal) forms
AU - Hyde, Stephen T.
AU - Schröder, G. E.
PY - 2003/3
Y1 - 2003/3
N2 - Recent developments in theoretical and experimental studies of amphiphilic lyotropic 'intermediate' mesophase formation are summarized. For the purposes of the review, we consider intermediate mesophases to be self-assemblies with novel geometries and topologies, excluding lamellar, bicontinuous sponge, columnar (hexagonal) and micellar mesophases. Intermediates include novel branched bilayer topologies, enclosing multiple interwoven channel systems and inclined rod packings, and punctured bilayer morphologies, including mesh phases and bicontinuous monolayers.
AB - Recent developments in theoretical and experimental studies of amphiphilic lyotropic 'intermediate' mesophase formation are summarized. For the purposes of the review, we consider intermediate mesophases to be self-assemblies with novel geometries and topologies, excluding lamellar, bicontinuous sponge, columnar (hexagonal) and micellar mesophases. Intermediates include novel branched bilayer topologies, enclosing multiple interwoven channel systems and inclined rod packings, and punctured bilayer morphologies, including mesh phases and bicontinuous monolayers.
KW - Bilayer aggregates
KW - Membrane fusion
KW - Mesh mesophases
KW - Polycontinuous lyotropic mesophases
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U2 - 10.1016/S1359-0294(03)00014-1
DO - 10.1016/S1359-0294(03)00014-1
M3 - Review article
SN - 1359-0294
VL - 8
SP - 5
EP - 14
JO - Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
JF - Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
IS - 1
ER -