A 3-D Hexagonal Inverse Micellar Lyotropic Phase | Zendy

Gemma C. Shearman | Zendy; Arwen I. I. Tyler | Zendy; Nicholas J. Brooks | Zendy; Richard H. Templer | Zendy; Oscar Ces | Zendy; Robert V. Law | Zendy; John M. Seddon | Zendy

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A 3-D Hexagonal Inverse Micellar Lyotropic Phase

Author(s) -

Gemma C. Shearman,

Arwen I. I. Tyler,

Nicholas J. Brooks,

Richard H. Templer,

Oscar Ces,

Robert V. Law,

John M. Seddon

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of the american chemical society

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.115

H-Index - 612

eISSN - 1520-5126

pISSN - 0002-7863

DOI - 10.1021/ja809280r

Subject(s) - lyotropic , chemistry , micelle , lyotropic liquid crystal , hexagonal crystal system , phase (matter) , hexagonal phase , inverse , crystallography , liquid crystalline , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics , aqueous solution

Lipids that are found in cell membranes form a variety of self-assembled phases in the presence of water. Many of these structures are liquid-crystalline with structural motifs mirrored in cells and organelles and can be exploited in the delivery of drugs and genes. We report the discovery of a lyotropic liquid crystalline phase based on a 3-D hexagonal close-packed arrangement of inverse micelles, of space group P6(3)/mmc. This is the first new inverse lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase to be reported for two decades and is the only known lyotropic phase whose structure consists of a close packing of identical inverse micelles.

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