scholarly journals Calculations of and Evidence for Chain Packing Stress in Inverse Lyotropic Bicontinuous Cubic Phases

Langmuir ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 23 (13) ◽  
pp. 7276-7285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma C. Shearman ◽  
Bee J. Khoo ◽  
Mary-Lynn Motherwell ◽  
Kenneth A. Brakke ◽  
Oscar Ces ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chain Packing ◽  
Cubic Phases ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic

scholarly journals Influence of a pH-sensitive polymer on the structure of monoolein cubosomes

Soft Matter ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (41) ◽  
pp. 7571-7577 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kluzek ◽  
Arwen I. I. Tyler ◽  
Shiqi Wang ◽  
Rongjun Chen ◽  
Carlos M. Marques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Submicron Size ◽  
Cubic Phases ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Ph Sensitive Polymer

Cubosomes consist in submicron size particles of lipid bicontinuous cubic phases stabilized by surfactant polymers.

Kinetics of Lyotropic Phase Transitions Involving the Inverse Bicontinuous Cubic Phases

Langmuir ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 3578-3582 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Squires ◽  
R. H. Templer ◽  
O. Ces ◽  
A. Gabke ◽  
J. Woenckhaus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Cubic Phases ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Kinetics Of

Perforated Bicontinuous Cubic Phases with pH-Responsive Topological Channel Interconnectivity

Small ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 3602-3609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandru Zabara ◽  
Renata Negrini ◽  
Ozana Onaca-Fischer ◽  
Raffaele Mezzenga
Keyword(s):  
Ph Responsive ◽  
Cubic Phases ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic

scholarly journals Design of Ionic Liquid Crystals Forming Normal-Type Bicontinuous Cubic Phases with a 3D Continuous Ion Conductive Pathway

Crystals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takahiro Ichikawa ◽  
Yui Sasaki ◽  
Tsubasa Kobayashi ◽  
Hikaru Oshiro ◽  
Ayaka Ono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionic Liquid ◽  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Ionic Conductivity ◽  
Liquid Crystalline ◽  
Alkyl Chain ◽  
Normal Type ◽  
Ion Conduction ◽  
Cubic Phases ◽  
Bicontinuous Cubic ◽  
Chain Lengths

We have prepared a series of pyridinium-based gemini amphiphiles. They exhibit thermotropic liquid–crystalline behavior depending on their alkyl chain lengths and anion species. By adjusting the alkyl chain lengths and selecting suitable anions, we have obtained an ionic amphiphile that exhibits a normal-type bicontinuous cubic phase from 38 °C to 12 °C on cooling from an isotropic phase. In the bicontinuous cubic liquid–crystalline assembly, the pyridinium-based ionic parts align along a gyroid minimal surface forming a 3D continuous ionic domain while their ionophobic alkyl chains form 3D branched nanochannel networks. This ionic compound can form homogeneous mixtures with a lithium salt and the resultant mixtures keep the ability to form normal-type bicontinuous cubic phases. Ion conduction measurements have been performed for the mixtures on cooling. It has been revealed that the formation of the 3D branched ionophobic nanochannels does not disturb the ion conduction behavior in the ionic domain while it results in the conversion of the state of the mixtures from fluidic liquids to quasi-solids, namely highly viscous liquid crystals. Although the ionic conductivity of the mixtures is in the order of 10–7 S cm–1 at 40 °C, which is far lower than the values for practical use, the present material design has a potential to pave the way for developing advanced solid electrolytes consisting of two task-specific nanosegregated domains: One is an ionic liquid nano-domain with a 3D continuity for high ionic conductivity and the other is ionophobic nanochannel network domains for high mechanical strength.

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