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Polymorphism of Natural Fatty Acid Liquid Crystalline Phases

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We study the phase behavior in water of a mixture of natural long chain fatty acids (FAM) in association with ethylenediamine (EDA) and report a rich polymorphism depending on the composition. At a fixed EDA/FAM molar ratio, we observe upon dilution a succession of organized phases going from a lamellar phase to a hexagonal phase and, finally, to cylindrical micelles. The phase structure is established using polarizing microscopy, SAXS, and SANS. Interestingly, in the lamellar phase domain, we observe the presence of defects upon dilution, which SAXS shows to correspond to intrabilayer correlations. NMR and FF-TEM techniques suggest that these defects are related to an increase in the spontaneous curvature of the molecule monolayers in the lamellae. ATR-FTIR spectroscopy was also used to investigate the degree of ionization within these assemblies. The successive morphological transitions are discussed with regards to possible molecular mechanisms, in which the interaction between the acid surfactant and the amine counterion plays the leading role.
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hal-00662769 , version 1 (25-01-2012)

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Hélène Fay, Steven Meeker, Juliette Cayer-Barrioz, Denis Mazuyer, Isabelle Ly, et al.. Polymorphism of Natural Fatty Acid Liquid Crystalline Phases. Langmuir, 2011, 28 (1), pp. 272-282. ⟨10.1021/la203841y⟩. ⟨hal-00662769⟩
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