Croatica Chemica Acta, Vol. 65 No. 2, 1992.
Original scientific paper
A Dynamic Approach to the Formation of Lamellar Liquid Crystal Aggregates
Đurđica Težak
; Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Marulićev trg 19, 41001 Zagreb, P.O. Box 163, Croatia
Abstract
The unusual kinetics of aggregation of amphiphilic micelles in aqueous solutions was demonstrated using light scattering, microscopic and X-ray diffraction data.
Dynamics of the formation of the lamellar mesophases is explained as a consecutive process caused by short-range interactions of growth and curva- tion of the bilayers, and by long-range aggregation interactions. These driving forces cause the maximum aggregation rate to occur during the periods of non-equilibrium states, as well as the zero aggregation rate in the periods of steady states.
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Hrčak ID:
137177
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Publication date:
15.8.1992.
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