Causes and Consequences of Spontaneous Vesicle Formation

私家侦探最近发现了自发的，单分散的， 在许多阴离子和阳离子的混合物中的平衡囊泡 表面活性剂 在这个节目中，他们将描述 从实验和理论上模拟了囊泡的形成过程 在这些系统中形成。 这项工作将揭示丰富的新 表面活性剂相行为区域和建议的新地层 对于可用于解决理论和 实际问题 他们将结合使用 包括光、X射线和中子在内的实验技术 散射，荧光探针，流变测量，和 电镜 同时，他们将接近 两个不同而互补的理论问题 方向 这项工作是重要的，因为属性 这些混合物中的囊泡和胶束的性质- 囊泡和囊泡-液晶转变是敏锐的 科学的兴趣和相当大的实际意义。 该项目范围广泛，为了实现这些目标， 他们将迅速与几个目标合作， 工业和学术研究人员。

The PI's recently discovered spontaneous, monodisperse, equilibrium vesicles in many mixtures of anionic and cationic surfactants. In this program, they will characterize experimentally and model theoretically the process of vesicle formation in these systems. This work will uncover a rich new area of surfactant phase behavior and suggest new formations for stable vesicles useful in addressing theoretical and practical problems. They will use a combination of experimental techniques including light, x-ray and neutron scattering, fluorescent probes, rheological measurements, and electron microscopy. Simultaneously they will approach the problem from two distinct and complementary theoretical directions. This work is significant because the properties of vesicles in these mixtures and the nature of the micelle- vesicle and vesicle-liquid crystal transitions is of keen scientific interest and considerable practical importance. This project has a broad scope and in order to achieve these goals expeditiously they will collaborate with several industrial and academic researchers.