Abstract
Bilayer structural evolution of a single-tail nonionic surfactant cocodiethanolamide-water system is studied using cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), small-angle X-ray scattering, light scattering, and rheological measurements. It is found that, with increasing surfactant concentration, unilamellar vesicles turn to multilamellar vesicles while at higher concentrations a fully expressed lamellar phase is clearly observed in the TEM micrographs. The results will be discussed in terms of surfactant geometry and membrane flexibility.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4357-4364 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Langmuir |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 1999 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces and Interfaces
- Spectroscopy
- Electrochemistry