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Sano T, Okada A, Kawasaki K, Kume T, Fukui M, Todo H, Sugibayashi K. Self-Assembled Structure of α-Isostearyl Glyceryl Ether Affects Skin Permeability-a Lamellar with 70-nm Spaces and L3 Phase Enhanced the Transdermal Delivery of a Hydrophilic Model Drug. AAPS PharmSciTech 2022; 23:296. [PMID: 36369392 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-022-02452-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Self-assembled surfactant structures, such as liquid crystals, have the potential to enhance transdermal drug delivery. In the present study, the pseudo-ternary system of GET (composed of α-Isostearyl glyceryl ether (GEIS) and polysorbate 60)/1,3 butanediol (BG)/water) was shown to exhibit a complex phase diagram. Small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SWAXS) and freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF-TEM) revealed that GET6BG60 (6%GET/60%BG/34%Water) formed a lamellar phase with a repeated distance of approximately 72 nm. Such a long-repeated distance of the lamellar phase was unique in the surfactant system. Moreover, the various structures, such as multilamellar vesicles and branched-like layers, were observed, which suggested that they might be deformable. On the other hand, only core-shell particles were observed in GET6BG20, the core of which was an L3 phase. GET6BG20 and GET6BG60 significantly enhanced the skin permeation of the hydrophilic model drug, antipyrine (ANP) (log Ko/w, - 1.51). However, their permeation profiles were distinct. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry revealed that epidermal accumulation of GEIS was significantly higher with GET6BG60 than GET6BG20 after 1.5 h of permeation, which might be attributed to differences in their deformable properties. Furthermore, GEIS was reported to affect intercellular lipids. Accumulated GEIS in the epidermis may have interacted with intercellular lipids and enhanced the transdermal delivery of ANP. The difference in the permeation profiles of ANP may be attributed to the penetration process of GEIS in the epidermis. This study suggests that GET6BG20 and GET6BG60 are unique carriers to enhance the permeation of hydrophilic drugs, such as ANP.
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- Tomohiko Sano
- Faculty of Life & Health Science, Teikyo University of Science, 2-2-1, Senjyu-Sakuragi Adachi-Ku, Tokyo, 121-0045, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0295, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, AIST, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan
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- R&D-Development Research, Kao Corporation, 1334 Minato, Wakayama, 640-8580, Japan
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- Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarter, AIST, 1-8-31 Midorigaoka, Ikeda, Osaka, 563-8577, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0295, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0295, Japan.,Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai International University, 1 Gumyu Togane, Chiba, 283-8555, Japan
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Fan Y, Wang Y. Applications of small-angle X-ray scattering/small-angle neutron scattering and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy to understand self-assembly of surfactants. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Yue X, Fan X, Li Q, Chen X, Wang C. Aggregation behaviors of alkyl ether carboxylate surfactants in water. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Adrien V, Rayan G, Reffay M, Porcar L, Maldonado A, Ducruix A, Urbach W, Taulier N. Characterization of a Biomimetic Mesophase Composed of Nonionic Surfactants and an Aqueous Solvent. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:10268-10275. [PMID: 27618561 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b02744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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We have investigated the physical and biomimetic properties of a sponge (L3) phase composed of pentaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E5), a nonionic surfactant, an aqueous solvent, and a cosurfactant. The following cosurfactants, commonly used for solubilizing membrane proteins, were incorporated: n-octyl-β-d-glucopyranoside (β-OG), n-dodecyl-β-d-maltopyranoside (DDM), 4-cyclohexyl-1-butyl-β-d-maltoside (CYMAL-4), and 5-cyclohexyl-1-pentyl-β-d-maltoside (CYMAL-5). Partial phase diagrams of these systems were created. The L3 phase was characterized using crossed polarizers, diffusion of a fluorescent probe by fluorescence recovery after pattern photobleaching (FRAPP), and freeze fracture electron microscopy (FFEM). By varying the hydration of the phase, we were able to tune the distance between adjacent bilayers. The characteristic distance (db) of the phase was obtained from small angle scattering (SAXS/SANS) as well as from FFEM, which yielded complementary db values. These db values were neither affected by the nature of the cosurfactant nor by the addition of membrane proteins. These findings illustrate that a biomimetic surfactant sponge phase can be created in the presence of several common membrane protein-solubilizing detergents, thus making it a versatile medium for membrane protein studies.
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- V Adrien
- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University; Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité; Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
- Univ Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité. Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques, CNRS UMR 8015, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University; Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité; Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University; Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité; Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Departamento de Física, Universidad de Sonora , Apdo Postal 1626, 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico
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- Univ Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité. Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques, CNRS UMR 8015, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL Research University; Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité; Sorbonne Universités UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, INSERM, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, F-75006, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, INSERM, Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, F-75006, Paris, France
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Zhang J, Xu G, Song A, Wang L, Lin M, Dong Z, Yang Z. Faceted fatty acid vesicles formed from single-tailed perfluorinated surfactants. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:7143-7150. [PMID: 26252803 DOI: 10.1039/c5sm01494h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The aggregation behavior and rheological properties of two mixtures of perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA)/NaOH and perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA)/NaOH were investigated in aqueous solutions. Interestingly, pH-sensitive polyhedral fatty acid vesicles were spontaneously formed in both systems, which were determined by freeze-fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF-TEM) measurements. Especially, a phase transition from faceted vesicles to the L3 phase with the increase of pH was observed in the PFNA/NaOH system while it was not observed in the PFDA/NaOH system. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and wide angle X-ray scattering (WAXS) measurements confirmed that the bilayers of the faceted vesicles were in the crystalline station indicating that the crystallization of fluorocarbon chains was the main driving force for their formation. Besides, the two systems of faceted perfluorofatty acid vesicles exhibit interesting rheological properties, for instance, they showed high viscoelasticity and shear-thinning behaviour, and the elastic modulus (G') and viscous modulus (G'') of PFDA/NaOH vesicles were much higher than those of PFNA/NaOH vesicles. Conversely, the solution of the L3 phase with fluid bilayers did not present viscoelastic properties. Therefore, the viscoelastic properties of vesicles resulted from the crystalline fluorinated alkyl chains with high rigidity at room temperature and the dense packing of vesicles. As far as we know, such faceted fatty acid vesicles formed from single-tailed perfluorinated surfactants have been rarely reported. Our work successfully constructs polyhedral fatty acid vesicles and proposes their formation mechanism, which should be a great advance in the fundamental research of fatty acid vesicles.
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- Juan Zhang
- Institute of Enhanced Oil Recovery, China University of Petroleum, Beijing 102249, China.
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Wakisaka S, Nishimura T, Gohtani S. O/W nano-emulsion formation using an isothermal low-energy emulsification method in a mixture of polyglycerol polyricinoleate and hexaglycerol monolaurate with glycerol system. J Oleo Sci 2015; 64:405-13. [PMID: 25766932 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess14229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We investigated how phase behavior changes by replacing water with glycerol in water/mixture of polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) and hexaglycerol monolaurate (HGML) /vegetable oil system, and studied the effect of glycerol on o/w nano-emulsion formation using an isothermal low-energy method. In the phase behavior study, the liquid crystalline phase (Lc) + the sponge phase (L3) expanded toward lower surfactant concentration when water was replaced with glycerol in a system containing surfactant HLP (a mixture of PGPR and HGML). O/W nano-emulsions were formed by emulsification of samples in a region of Lc + L3. In the glycerol/surfactant HLP/vegetable oil system, replacing water with glycerol was responsible for the expansion of a region containing Lc + L3 toward lower surfactant concentration, and as a result, in the glycerol/surfactant HLP/vegetable oil system, the region where o/w nano-emulsions or o/w emulsions could be prepared using an isothermal low-energy emulsification method was wide, and the droplet diameter of the prepared o/w emulsions was also smaller than that in the water/surfactant HLP/vegetable oil system. Therefore, glycerol was confirmed to facilitate the preparation of nano-emulsions from a system of surfactant HLP. Moreover, in this study, we could prepare o/w nano-emulsions with a simple one-step addition of water at room temperature without using a stirrer. Thus, the present technique is highly valuable for applications in several industries.
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- Satoshi Wakisaka
- Department of Food Science, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University (2393 Ikenobe, Miki-cho, Kagawa 761-0795, Japan; Research and Development Division, Glico Nutrition Co., Ltd. (4-6-5- Utajima, Nishiyodogawa-ku, Osaka 555-8502, Japan)
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Li G, Liu Y, Xu W, Song A, Hao J. Transition of Phase Structures in Mixtures of Lysine and Fatty Acids. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:14843-51. [DOI: 10.1021/jp510747y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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- Guihua Li
- Key Laboratory for Colloid
and Interface Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Special Aggregated
Materials, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid
and Interface Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Special Aggregated
Materials, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid
and Interface Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Special Aggregated
Materials, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid
and Interface Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Special Aggregated
Materials, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory for Colloid
and Interface Chemistry & Key Laboratory of Special Aggregated
Materials, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China
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Wakisaka S, Nakanishi M, Gohtani S. Phase behavior and formation of o/w nano-emulsion in vegetable oil/ mixture of polyglycerol polyricinoleate and polyglycerin fatty acid ester/water systems. J Oleo Sci 2014; 63:229-37. [PMID: 24521844 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess13139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It is reported that mixing polyglycerol polyricinoleate (PGPR) and polyglycerol laurilester has a great emulsifying capacity, and consequently fine oil-in-water (o/w) emulsions can be formed. However, the role of PGPR is not clear. The objective of this research is to investigate the phase behavior of vegetable oil/mixture of PGPR and polyglycerol fatty acid ester/water systems, and to clarify the role of PGPR in making a fine emulsion. Phase diagrams were constructed to elucidate the optimal process for preparing fine emulsions. In all the systems examined in this study, the phases, including the liquid crystal phase (L(c)) and sponge phase (L(3)), spread widely in the phase diagrams. We examined droplet size of the emulsions prepared from each phase and found that o/w nano-emulsions with droplet sizes as small as 50 nm were formed by emulsifying either from a single L(3) phase or a two-phase region, L(c) + L(3). These results indicate that a sponge phase L(3) or liquid crystal phase L(c) or both is necessary to form an o/w nano-emulsion whose average droplet diameter is less than 50 nm for PGPR and polyglycerin fatty acid ester mixtures used as surfactant.
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- Satoshi Wakisaka
- Department of Food Science, The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University
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Tabor RF, Zaveer MI, Dagastine RR, Grillo I, Garvey CJ. Phase behavior, small-angle neutron scattering and rheology of ternary nonionic surfactant-oil-water systems: a comparison of oils. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:3575-3582. [PMID: 23418937 DOI: 10.1021/la400100n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The phase behavior of the nonionic surfactant Triton X-100 (polyethylene glycol p-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)-phenyl ether) was studied in two three-component systems: Triton-water-p-xylene and Triton-water-trichloroethylene. It was found that the aromatic solvent was able to produce monophasic soft matter systems at a significantly greater range of compositions. The structural characteristics of the phases generated were analyzed by small-angle neutron scattering, showing evidence for microemulsion, lamellar, and reverse-microemulsion phases. In addition, for the Triton-water-p-xylene system, an L3 "sponge" phase was found in a water-rich region of the phase diagram and the properties of this were examined using rheological measurements. The differences in phase behavior are discussed in light of the solvation properties of the surfactant in the different solvents studied. Most notably, xylene appears to favor phases with low-curvature interfaces, suggesting preferential solvation of the central phenyl group of Triton.
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- Rico F Tabor
- School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
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Formation of nano and microstructures by polysorbate–chitosan association. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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López-Barrón CR, Basavaraj MG, DeRita L, Wagner NJ. Sponge-to-Lamellar Transition in a Double-Tail Cationic Surfactant/Protic Ionic Liquid System: Structural and Rheological Analysis. J Phys Chem B 2011; 116:813-22. [DOI: 10.1021/jp205580w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Carlos R. López-Barrón
- Center for Neutron Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Center for Neutron Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Center for Neutron Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Center for Neutron Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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Confinement effects on water structure in membrane lyotropic phases. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 358:485-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.02.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2011] [Revised: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Miyanoshita M, Hashida C, Ikeda S, Gohtani S. Development of Low-Energy Methods for Preparing Food Nano-emulsions. J Oleo Sci 2011; 60:355-62. [DOI: 10.5650/jos.60.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Kitamoto D, Morita T, Fukuoka T, Konishi MA, Imura T. Self-assembling properties of glycolipid biosurfactants and their potential applications. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2009.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Omer L, Ruthstein S, Goldfarb D, Talmon Y. High-Resolution Cryogenic-Electron Microscopy Reveals Details of a Hexagonal-to-Bicontinuous Cubic Phase Transition in Mesoporous Silica Synthesis. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:12466-73. [DOI: 10.1021/ja903178f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Liora Omer
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, and Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, and Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, and Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel, and Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Sonneville-Aubrun O, Babayan D, Bordeaux D, Lindner P, Rata G, Cabane B. Phase transition pathways for the production of 100 nm oil-in-water emulsions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:101-10. [DOI: 10.1039/b813502a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Engström S, Wadsten-Hindrichsen P, Hernius B. Cubic, sponge, and lamellar phases in the glyceryl monooleyl ether-propylene glycol-water system. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2007; 23:10020-5. [PMID: 17760467 DOI: 10.1021/la701217b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The phase behavior of 1-glyceryl monooleyl ether (GME) in mixtures of propylene glycol (PG) and water was investigated by visual inspection, polarization microscopy, small-angle X-ray diffraction, and conductance measurements. A phase diagram, based on over 200 samples of the ternary system GME-PG-water, was constructed at 20 degrees C. Without PG, GME forms a reverse micellar phase with up to 10 wt % water and a reverse hexagonal liquid-crystalline phase between 10 and 25 wt % water, a phase that can coexist with excess water. If PG is added in amounts exceeding about 10 wt %, then cubic and lamellar liquid-crystalline phases start to form. A cubic phase, belonging to space group Pn3m, can coexist with excess PG-water mixtures. If even more PG is added, then the cubic phase is transformed into a sponge phase. A lamellar phase forms at water contents between 10 and 15 wt % and with widely differing PG/GME weight ratios. We postulate that the phase behavior is caused by the fact that PG makes the interfacial region between self-assembled GME and PG-water less negatively curved, which in turn allows for the formation of the new phases. The phase behavior obtained for the GME system shows a striking similarity with the phase behavior of the corresponding system in which the GME has been replaced by the ester, 1-glycerol monooleate (GMO), differing only in one extra carbonyl oxygen. The major difference is the lower amount of water present in the GME phases, an effect that is mainly due to the more hydrophobic character of GME compared to that of GMO.
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- Sven Engström
- Pharmacutical Technology, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden.
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