Monodisperse Nonionic Isoprenoid-Type Hexahydrofarnesyl Ethylene Oxide Surfactants: High Throughput Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Phase Determination

Langmuir ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 27 (6) ◽  
pp. 2317-2326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celesta Fong ◽  
Asoka Weerawardena ◽  
Sharon M. Sagnella ◽  
Xavier Mulet ◽  
Irena Krodkiewska ◽  
...  
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1578-1588 ◽  
Author(s):  
George C Feast ◽  
Thomas Lepitre ◽  
Xavier Mulet ◽  
Charlotte E Conn ◽  
Oliver E Hutt ◽  
...  

Amphiphilic compounds are used in a variety of applications due to their lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase formation, however only a limited number of compounds, in a potentially limitless field, are currently in use. A library of organic amphiphilic compounds was synthesised consisting of glucose, galactose, lactose, xylose and mannose head groups and double and triple-chain hydrophobic tails. A modular, high-throughput approach was developed, whereby head and tail components were conjugated using the copper-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction. The tails were synthesised from two core alkyne-tethered intermediates, which were subsequently functionalised with hydrocarbon chains varying in length and degree of unsaturation and branching, while the five sugar head groups were selected with ranging substitution patterns and anomeric linkages. A library of 80 amphiphiles was subsequently produced, using a 24-vial array, with the majority formed in very good to excellent yields. A preliminary assessment of the liquid-crystalline phase behaviour is also presented.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Krishnaveni ◽  
V. Ganesh

AbstractModern day hospital treatments aim at developing electrochemical biosensors for early diagnosis of diseases using unconventional human bio-fluids like sweat and saliva by monitoring the electron transfer reactions of target analytes. Such kinds of health care diagnostics primarily avoid the usage of human blood and urine samples. In this context, here we have investigated the electron transfer reaction of a well-known and commonly used redox probe namely, potassium ferro/ferri cyanide by employing artificially simulated bio-mimics of human sweat and saliva as unconventional electrolytes. Typically, electron transfer characteristics of the redox couple, [Fe(CN)6]3−/4− are investigated using electrochemical techniques like cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Many different kinetic parameters are determined and compared with the conventional system. In addition, such electron transfer reactions have also been studied using a lyotropic liquid crystalline phase comprising of Triton X-100 and water in which the aqueous phase is replaced with either human sweat or saliva bio-mimics. From these studies, we find out the electron transfer reaction of [Fe(CN)6]3−/4− redox couple is completely diffusion controlled on both Au and Pt disc shaped electrodes in presence of sweat and saliva bio-mimic solutions. Moreover, the reaction is partially blocked by the presence of lyotropic liquid crystalline phase consisting of sweat and saliva bio-mimics indicating the predominant charge transfer controlled process for the redox probe. However, the rate constant values associated with the electron transfer reaction are drastically reduced in presence of liquid crystalline phase. These studies are essentially carried out to assess the effect of sweat and saliva on the electrochemistry of Fe2+/3+ redox couple.


1995 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 795-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Moriya ◽  
H. Mizusaki ◽  
M. Kato ◽  
S. Yano ◽  
M. Kajiwara

Soft Matter ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (18) ◽  
pp. 4687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuaki Suzuki ◽  
Yoshiaki Uchida ◽  
Rui Tamura ◽  
Yohei Noda ◽  
Naohiko Ikuma ◽  
...  

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