Kinetics and Mechanism of the Lamellar to Gyroid Inverse Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Transition
Kinetics and Mechanism of the Lamellar to Gyroid Inverse Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Transition
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DOI：
10.1021/la0259555
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发表时间：
2002-08
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影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
A. Squires;R. Templer;J. Seddon;J. Woenckhaus;R. Winter;S. Finet;N. Theyencheri
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作者：
A. Squires;R. Templer;J. Seddon;J. Woenckhaus;R. Winter;S. Finet;N. Theyencheri
In this paper, we present data on the transition from the lamellar (Lα) to the gyroid inverse bicontinuous cubic ( ) mesophase. The system investigated was 2:1 lauric acid (LA)/dilauroylphosphatidylcholine (DLPC), at a fixed overall hydration of 50% water by weight. The phase transition was induced by a pressure jump and monitored by time-resolved X-ray diffraction (TRXRD). We observe the gradual appearance of signals from the emergent phase and an accompanying disappearance of signals from the initial Lα phase. These changes correspond to a transformation occurring over a time scale which varies between seconds and minutes. We further observe that the lattice parameters of both the initial Lα and final phases change throughout the transformation. We suggest that this reflects a competition between the two phases for the limited amount of water available. In addition, we suggest a mechanism whereby the transformation from Lα to proceeds via an intermediate phase, which we suggest is the diamond inverse bi...
