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Shear-Induced Transformation of Polymer-Rich Lamellar Phases to Micron-Sized Vesicles.
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Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids [Langmuir] 2019 Feb 26; Vol. 35 (8), pp. 3048-3057. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 14. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- In the present work, we study the shear-induced transformation of polymer-rich lamellar phases into vesicles. The evolution of vesicle size is studied by different scattering techniques, rheology, and microscopy methods. The lamellar phase found in the system D <subscript>2</subscript> O/ o-xylene/ Pluronic PE9400/C <subscript>8</subscript> TAB can be fully transformed to multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) by applying shear. The size of the MLVs is proportional to the inverse square root of the shear rate. Hence, the polymer-based quaternary system behaves similar to lamellar phases based on small surfactant molecules. Additionally, we found a growth effect leading to a size increase of the vesicles after shearing was stopped.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1520-5827
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30702293
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02786