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Rastogi P, Honecker D, Alba Venero D, Mahmoudi N, Kaisare NS, Basavaraj MG. Modulating shape transition in surfactant stabilized reverse microemulsions. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:7033-7045. [PMID: 37681684 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00682d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
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The formation of reverse microemulsions (RMs) of spherical shape in the oil/water/surfactant ternary mixture at high molar ratio of water to surfactant (ω) is well established. Using dynamic light scattering, small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering, we elucidate the formation of non-spherical reverse microemulsions stabilised by sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) at ω = 10 and volume fractions of the dispersed phase, Φ, ranging from 0.005 to 0.20. In addition, we propose a strategy to tune the aspect ratio of non-spherical droplets and colloidal interactions by (i) varying the volume fraction of the dispersed phase (ii) changing the temperature, and (iii) by substituting the aliphatic oil with a mixture of aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons. This tunability of anisotropy along with a precise control of the interactions in the RMs, their ability to form spontaneously and their thermodynamic stability is crucial to provide a handle on reaction kinetics, synthesis of anisotropic nanoparticles as well as for their application as lubricants and viscosity modifiers.
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- Preetika Rastogi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai - 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, OX11 0QX, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai - 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai - 600036, Tamil Nadu, India.
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Nekoonam N, Vera G, Goralczyk A, Mayoussi F, Zhu P, Böcherer D, Shakeel A, Helmer D. Controllable Wetting Transitions on Photoswitchable Physical Gels. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023. [PMID: 37217181 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c22979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Softness plays a key role in the deformation of soft elastic substrates at the three-phase contact line, and the acting forces lead to the formation of a wetting ridge due to elastocapillarity. The change in wetting ridge and surface profiles at different softness has a great impact on the droplet behavior in different phenomena. Commonly used materials to study soft wetting are swollen polymeric gels or polymer brushes. These materials offer no possibility to change the softness on demand. Therefore, adjustable surfaces with tunable softness are highly sought-after to achieve on-demand transition between wetting states on soft surfaces. Here, we present a photorheological physical soft gel with adjustable stiffness based on the spiropyran photoswitch that shows the formation of wetting ridges upon droplet deposition. The presented photoswitchable gels allow the creation of reversibly switchable softness patterns with microscale resolution using UV light-switching of the spiropyran molecule. Gels with varying softness are analyzed, showing a decrease in the wetting ridge height at higher gel stiffness. Furthermore, wetting ridges before and after photoswitching are visualized using confocal microscopy, showing the transition in the wetting properties from soft wetting to liquid/liquid wetting.
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- Niloofar Nekoonam
- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Laboratory of Process Technology, Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF), University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
- Freiburg Center of Interactive Materials and Bioinspired Technologies (FIT), University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Parekh PY, Patel VI, Khimani MR, Bahadur P. Self-assembly of bile salts and their mixed aggregates as building blocks for smart aggregates. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 312:102846. [PMID: 36736167 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The present communication offers a comprehensive overview of the self-assembly of bile salts emphasizing their mixed smart aggregates with a variety of amphiphiles. Using an updated literature survey, we have explored the dissimilar interactions of bile salts with different types of surfactants, phospholipids, ionic liquids, drugs, and a variety of natural and synthetic polymers. While assembling this review, special attention was also provided to the potency of bile salts to alter the size/shape of aggregates formed by several amphiphiles to use these aggregates for solubility improvement of medicinally important compounds, active pharmaceutical ingredients, and also to develop their smart delivery vehicles. A fundamental understanding of bile salt mixed aggregates will enable the development of new strategies for improving the bioavailability of drugs solubilized in newly developed potential hosts and to formulate smart aggregates of desired morphology for specific targeted applications. It enriches our existing knowledge of the distinct interactions exerted in mixed systems of bile salts with variety of amphiphiles. By virtue of this, researchers can get innovative ideas to construct novel nanoaggregates from bile salts by incorporating various amphiphiles that serve as a building block for smart aggregates for their numerous industrial applications.
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- Paresh Y Parekh
- Department of Chemistry, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat 395007, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Navyug Science College, Rander Road, Surat 395009, Gujarat, India.
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- Countryside International School, Nr. Bhesan Railway Crossing, CIS Barbodhan Road, Surat 394125, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat 395007, Gujarat, India
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The impact of viscosity on the dissolution of naproxen immediate-release tablets. J Taibah Univ Med Sci 2022; 18:687-695. [PMID: 36852245 PMCID: PMC9957778 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2022.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Objectives The increase in viscosity of gastric fluid as a result of food ingestion is one criterion that can negatively impact the dissolution and solubility of orally administered medications. Consequently, it is crucial to address this issue in the pharmacokinetic profile assessment of oral formulations. In this scientific work, various kinds of viscosity enhancers, namely carboxy methylcellulose, pectin, guar gum, and xanthan, were applied to the preparation of different media similar to the biological condition after a meal, and their impacts on the rate of naproxen dissolution and its saturation solubility were evaluated. Methods A Brookfield viscometer was used to assess the rheological features of two potencies of each viscosity booster dissolved in fed state simulated intestinal fluid (FeSSIF). After 24 h of samples shaking, the saturation solubility of the selected medicine in the assessed media was measured using an ultraviolet spectrophotometer, and investigation of the drug dissolution profile was performed with a paddle dissolution apparatus in 200 mL of fluid. Results Great reduction in the saturation solubility of naproxen was detected when the viscosity of the tested media was increased and the highest reduction of solubility was observed with pectin in FeSSIF. Similarly, the dissolution profile of naproxen decrease with enhancement of the viscosity of investigated media. Conclusion A polymer structure not only enhances the viscosity of media but also interferes with drug solubilization. As a result, it is essential to address the rheological aspect in designing in vitro media during the assessment of drug dissolution profiles.
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Dib N, Falcone RD, Acuña A, García-Río L. Ionic liquid-based reverse micelles. Use of hydrogen–deuterium exchange as a tool for surfactant self-assembly characterization. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cho NH, Zhang Q, Dufresne EM, Narayanan S, Richards JJ. Microscopic Dynamics of Inverse Wormlike Micelles Probed Using X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy. ACS Macro Lett 2022; 11:575-579. [PMID: 35575339 DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wormlike micelles (WLMs) are ubiquitous viscoelastic modifiers that share properties with polymer solutions. While their macroscopic rheology is well-understood, their microscopic dynamics remain difficult to measure because they span a large range of time and length scales. In this work, we demonstrate the use of X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy to interrogate the segmental dynamics of inverse WLM solutions swollen with a rubidium chloride solution. We observe a diffusive scaling of the dynamics and extract a temperature-dependent diffusion coefficient, which we associate with the thermal interactions of the slow segmental dynamics near entanglement points. We probe this relaxation process across the unbranched to branched topological transition and find no microstructural evidence of branch formation in the slow mode. Instead, we observe that the dynamics become more homogeneous and prominent as the temperature is reduced and water content increases.
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- Noah H. Cho
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Oh EJ, Park DG, Lim YS, Sik Jin K, Lee HY. Structural transition of reverse cylindrical micelles to reverse vesicles by mixtures of lecithin and inorganic salts. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 615:768-777. [PMID: 35176543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.02.015] [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: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 02/03/2022] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS The transformation from reverse micelles to reverse vesicles is influenced by electrostatic interactions between lecithin headgroups and inorganic salts. The electrostatic interactions are expected to influence molecular geometry of lecithin, resulting in a reduction in critical packing parameter (p). Hence, it should be possible to drive structural transitions of reverse self-assembled structures by addition of inorganic salts to lecithin solutions. EXPERIMENTS Structural transitions of reverse micelles and reverse vesicles were formulated including lecithin and inorganic salts as a function of concentration in cyclohexane. A systematic study was performed using inorganic salts with the different valences of the cations such as Li+, Ca2+, and La3+. To probe the nanodomain structures from the lecithin/salt mixtures, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were used. FINDINGS Adding salts to lecithin solutions induced the systematic transformation of reverse self-assembled structures from reverse spherical micelles to reverse cylindrical micelles and finally to reverse vesicles. The transformation was also correlated with interactions between lecithin headgroups and salts, that is, Li+ < Ca2+ < La3+. In addition, a water-soluble dye such as rhodamine B (RB) can be readily encapsulated into reverse micelles and vesicles, indicating that they are potentially useful for controlled solute delivery.
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- Eun-Ji Oh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 80 Jigokro-127-beongil, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea.
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Park DG, Oh EJ, Chu EA, Jin KS, Cho SK, Lee HY. Effect of temperature on the reverse self-assembly of lecithin and sugar alcohol mixtures in a nonpolar solvent. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.118384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zhang H, Lv M, Jiang J, Cui Z, Xia W, Binks BP. Conversion of bile salts from inferior emulsifier to efficient smart emulsifier assisted by negatively charged nanoparticles at low concentrations. Chem Sci 2021; 12:11845-11850. [PMID: 34659724 PMCID: PMC8442726 DOI: 10.1039/d1sc02596a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bile salts (BS), one of the biological amphiphiles, are usually used as solubilizing/emulsifying agents of lipids or drugs. However, BS such as sodium deoxycholate (NaDC) can't stabilize an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsion alone due to its unusual molecular structure. In this paper we report that these emulsifiers with poor emulsifying ability can be transformed to highly efficient emulsifiers by combining with negatively charged particles (silica or montmorillonite). Both together can synergistically co-stabilize oil-in-water emulsions at extremely low concentrations (minimum 0.01 mM NaDC plus 0.003 wt% particles). Moreover, the emulsions can be reversibly switched between stable and unstable triggered by CO2/N2 at room temperature. This strategy is universal for emulsions containing different oils (alkanes, aromatic hydrocarbons and triglycerides) and for different BS and offers a generic model for a variety of BS of different molecular structure, which will extend their applications in more technical fields such as emulsion polymerization, biphasic catalysis and emulsion extraction. Bile salts can be converted to efficient emulsifiers assisted by a trace amount of similarly charged nanoparticles and the emulsions formed are CO2/N2 switchable at room temperature.![]()
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- Haojie Zhang
- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi Jiangsu P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi Jiangsu P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi Jiangsu P. R. China
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi Jiangsu P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University 1800 Lihu Road Wuxi Jiangsu P. R. China
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Agrawal NR, Omarova M, Burni F, John VT, Raghavan SR. Spontaneous Formation of Stable Vesicles and Vesicle Gels in Polar Organic Solvents. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:7955-7965. [PMID: 34169719 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The self-assembly of lipids into nanoscale vesicles (liposomes) is routinely accomplished in water. However, reports of similar vesicles in polar organic solvents like glycerol, formamide, and ethylene glycol (EG) are scarce. Here, we demonstrate the formation of nanoscale vesicles in glycerol, formamide, and EG using the common phospholipid lecithin (derived from soy). The samples we study are simple binary mixtures of lecithin and the solvent, with no additional cosurfactants or salt. Lecithin dissolves readily in the solvents and spontaneously gives rise to viscous fluids at low lipid concentrations (∼2-4%), with structures ∼200 nm detected by dynamic light scattering. At higher concentrations (>10%), lecithin forms clear gels that are strongly birefringent at rest. Dynamic rheology confirms the elastic response of gels, with their elastic modulus being ∼20 Pa at ∼10% lipid. Images from cryo-scanning electron microscopy (cryo-SEM) indicate that concentrated samples are "vesicle gels," where multilamellar vesicles (MLVs, also called "onions"), with diameters between 50 and 600 nm, are close-packed across the sample volume. This structure can explain both the elastic rheology as well as the static birefringence of the samples. The discovery of vesicles and vesicle gels in polar solvents widens the scope of systems that can be created by self-assembly. Interestingly, it is much easier to form vesicles in polar solvents than in water, and the former are stable indefinitely, whereas the latter tend to aggregate or coalesce over time. The stability is attributed to refractive index-matching between lipid bilayers and the solvents, i.e., these vesicles are relatively "invisible" and thus experience only weak attractions. The ability to use lipids (which are "green" or eco-friendly molecules derived from renewable natural sources) to thicken and form gels in polar solvents could also prove useful in a variety of areas, including cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and lubricants.
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- Niti R Agrawal
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Kim MG, Oh EJ, Jin KS, Chang JW, Lee HY. Effect of sugar alcohols on the reverse self-assembly of lecithin in diverse organic solvents. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Lin CY, Tung SH. On the length of lecithin reverse wormlike micelles induced by inorganic salts: Binding site matters. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.115543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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SLES/CMEA mixed surfactant system: Effect of electrolyte on interfacial behavior and microstructures in aqueous media. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.115096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Jung YG, Lee CR, Kim HJ, Kim MG, Jin KS, Lee HY. Effect of hydrocarbon chain length of aliphatic solvents on the reverse self-assembly of lecithin and monovalent ion mixtures. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Liese D, Wenk HH, Lu X, Kleinen J, Haberhauer G. Dirhamnolipid ester - formation of reverse wormlike micelles in a binary (primerless) system. Beilstein J Org Chem 2020; 16:2820-2830. [PMID: 33281985 PMCID: PMC7684688 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.16.232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report new dirhamnolipid ester forming reverse wormlike micelles in nonpolar solvents without the addition of any primer. Therefore, these compounds represent a rare case of a binary system showing this gel-like behavior. In this study, the influence of the concentration of the rhamnolipid ester and the ester alkyl chain length on the rheological properties of the reverse wormlike micelles in toluene was investigated in detail. Highly viscoelastic solutions were obtained even at a relatively low concentration of less than 1 wt %. The phase transition temperatures indicate that the formation of reverse wormlike micelles is favored for dirhamnolipid esters with shorter alkyl chain lengths. Oscillatory shear measurements for the viscoelastic samples reveal that the storage modulus (G') and the loss modulus (G'') cross each other and fit the Maxwell model very well in the low-ω region. As is typical for wormlike micelle systems, the normalized Cole-Cole plot of G''/G'' max against G'/G'' max was obtained as a semicircle centered at G'/G'' max = 1. The formation of network structures was also verified by polarized light microscopy. The sample was birefringent at ambient temperature and anisotropic at an elevated temperature. Differential scanning calorimetry analysis yielded a transition enthalpy of about ΔH SG/GS = ±7.2 kJ/mol. This value corresponds to a strong dispersion energy and explains the formation of the highly viscous gels by the entanglement of wormlike micelles through the interaction of the alkyl chains.
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- David Liese
- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 7, D-45117 Essen, Germany
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- Evonik Operations GmbH, Evonik Industries AG, Goldschmidtstraße 100, D-45139 Essen, Germany
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- Evonik Operations GmbH, Evonik Industries AG, Goldschmidtstraße 100, D-45139 Essen, Germany
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- Evonik Operations GmbH, Evonik Industries AG, Goldschmidtstraße 100, D-45139 Essen, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 7, D-45117 Essen, Germany
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Lee CR, Lee YK, Oh EJ, Jin KS, Lee HY. Effect of aliphatic solvents on the reverse self-assembly of lecithin and calcium chloride mixtures. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Lee HJ, Kim HJ, Park DG, Jin KS, Chang JW, Lee HY. Mechanism for Transition of Reverse Cylindrical Micelles to Spherical Micelles Induced by Diverse Alcohols. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:8174-8183. [PMID: 32597190 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Herein, the effects of various alcohols on lecithin/CaCl2 organogels are investigated. Mixtures of lecithin and CaCl2 form reverse cylindrical micelles, resulting in optically transparent organogels. The addition of various alcohols to a mixture of lecithin and CaCl2 induces a decrease in viscosity through which reverse cylindrical micelles are transformed into spherical micelles (or short cylindrical micelles). Long-hydrocarbon-chain alcohols decrease the viscosity of lecithin/CaCl2 mixtures more efficiently. Hydrogen bonding and hydrocarbon chain interactions between lecithin and alcohol play important roles in the morphological transition. More importantly, isothermal titration calorimetry was conducted to obtain thermodynamic variables such as the enthalpy, equilibrium constant, Gibbs free energy, entropy, and stoichiometry of the associated molecules observed in the transition. It was found that the transition is an entropically driven process, in which the endothermic and exothermic behaviors were observed depending on the hydrocarbon chain length in the alcohol. In addition, the enthalpy for the association of the alcohol with lecithin showed a linear relationship depending on the hydrocarbon chain length, in which the magnitude of hydrogen bonding and hydrocarbon chain interactions was obtained quantitatively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study reporting the thermodynamic properties of the morphological transition observed in a reverse self-assembly process.
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- Hwa-Jin Lee
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 80 Jigokro-127-beongil, Nam-Gu, Pohang, Kyungbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Kumoh National Institute of Technology, 61, Daehak-ro, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do 39177, Republic of Korea
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Chang HM, Lin CY, Tung SH. Correlations between temperature-dependent rheology and electrostatic interactions in reverse wormlike micelles induced by inorganic salts. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:3505-3513. [PMID: 32215388 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm02508a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Previous studies have shown that the plateau modulus Gp of the wormlike micelles formed in water driven by hydrophobic interactions is a constant upon heating, similar to polymer solutions, and Gp of the reverse worms formed in oils driven by hydrogen bonding decreases with increasing temperature. In this work, we investigated the reverse worms induced by three chloride salts that bind lecithin through different strengths of electrostatic interactions, in the order of LaCl3 > CaCl2 > LiCl. We correlated the interaction strengths with the temperature-dependent rheological properties and found that upon heating, Gp for all the reverse worms driven by electrostatic interactions decays slower than that driven by the weak temperature-sensitive hydrogen bonding. Furthermore, the decay rates of Gp follow an order in the inverse relation to the interaction strength, LaCl3≤ CaCl2 < LiCl, indicating that the dependence of Gp on temperature can reflect the strength of the driving forces for micellization. We utilized Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) to confirm the weakening of the interaction and the small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique to reveal the decrease in the lengths of the reverse worms as temperature increases, both of which echo the changes in the rheological properties.
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- Hung-Ming Chang
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Xie L, Cui X, Gong L, Chen J, Zeng H. Recent Advances in the Quantification and Modulation of Hydrophobic Interactions for Interfacial Applications. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:2985-3003. [PMID: 32023067 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b03573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Hydrophobic interaction is responsible for a variety of colloidal phenomena, which also plays a key role in achieving the desired characteristics and functionalities for a wide range of interfacial applications. In this feature article, our recent advances in the quantification and modulation of hydrophobic interactions at both solid/water and air/water interfaces in different material systems have been reviewed. On the basis of surface forces apparatus (SFA) measurements of hydrophobic polymers (e.g., polystyrene), a three-regime hydrophobic interaction model that could satisfactorily encompass the hydrophobic interaction with different ranges was proposed. In addition, the atomic force microscope (AFM) coupled with various techniques such as the colloidal probe, the electrochemical process, and force mapping were employed to quantify the hydrophobic interaction from different perspectives. For the hydrophobic interactions involving deformable bubbles, the bubble probe AFM combined with reflection interference contrast microscopy (RICM) was used to simultaneously measure the interaction force and spatiotemporal evolution of the thin film drainage process between air bubbles and hydrophobized mica surfaces in an aqueous medium. The studies on the interactions of air bubbles with self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) demonstrated that the range of hydrophobic interactions does not always increase monotonically with the hydrophobicity of interacting surfaces as characterized by the static water contact angle; viz., surfaces with similar hydrophobicity can exhibit different ranges of hydrophobic interaction, while surfaces with different hydrophobicities can exhibit a similar range of hydrophobic interactions. It is found that the hydrophobic interaction can be modulated by tuning the surface nanoscale structure and chemistry. Moreover, the long-range "hydrophilic" attraction that resembles the hydrophobic interaction was discovered between water droplets and polyelectrolyte surfaces in an oil medium, on the basis of which polyelectrolyte coating materials were designed for oil cleaning, oil/water separation, and demulsification. The interfacial applications, remaining challenges, and future perspectives of hydrophobic interactions are discussed.
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- Lei Xie
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1H9, Canada
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Dib N, Falcone RD, Acuña A, García-Río L. Characterization of Reverse Micelles Formulated with the Ionic-Liquid-like Surfactant Bmim-AOT and Comparison with the Traditional Na-AOT: Dynamic Light Scattering, 1H NMR Spectroscopy, and Hydrolysis Reaction of Carbonate as a Probe. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:12744-12753. [PMID: 31495176 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The present study investigated how the presence of butylmethylimidazolium cation (bmim+) alters the interfacial properties of reverse micelles (RMs) created with the ionic liquid-like surfactant 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium 1,4-bis-2-ethylhexylsulfosuccinate (bmim-AOT), in comparison to sodium 1,4-bis-2-ethylhexylsulfosuccinate (Na-AOT) RMs, employing dynamic light scattering (DLS) and 1H NMR techniques. Moreover, through the hydrolysis reaction of bis(4-nitrophenyl)carbonate inside both RMs as reaction probe, interfacial properties changes were explored in more detail. The kinetic solvent isotope effect was also analyzed. Micellar systems were formed using n-heptane as external nonpolar solvent and water as the polar component. According to the DLS studies, water is encapsulated inside the organized media; however, a different tendency is observed depending on the cationic component of the surfactant. For Na-AOT system, the results suggest that the micellar shapes are probably spherical, while in the case of bmim-AOT, a transition from ellipsoidal to spherical micelles could be occurring when water is added. 1H NMR data show that water is structured differently when Na+ cation is replaced by bmim+; in bmim-AOT RMs, the interaction of water with the surfactant is weaker and the water hydrogen-bonding network is less disturbed than in Na-AOT RMs. Kinetic studies reveal that the hydrolysis reaction in bmim-AOT RMs was much more favorable in comparison to Na-AOT RMs. In addition, when water content decreases in bmim-AOT RMs, the hydrolysis reaction rate increases and the solvent isotope effect remains constant, while for Na-AOT solutions, both the reaction rate and the solvent isotope effect decrease. Our results indicate that bmim+ cation would be located in the surfactant layer in such a way the negative charge density in the interface is less than that in Na-AOT RMs, and the reaction is more favorable. Additionally, as 1H NMR studies reveal, the interfacial water molecules would be more available in bmim-AOT RMs to participate in the nucleophilic attack. Therefore, the present study evidences how the replacement of Na+ counterion by bmim+ alters the composition of the interface of AOT RMs.
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- Nahir Dib
- Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS), CONICET-UNRC, Departamento de Química , Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto , Agencia Postal # 3, CP X5804BYA Río Cuarto , Argentina
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- Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS), CONICET-UNRC, Departamento de Química , Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto , Agencia Postal # 3, CP X5804BYA Río Cuarto , Argentina
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Física , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago , Spain
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- Centro Singular de Investigación en Química Biolóxica e Materiais Moleculares (CIQUS) and Departamento de Química Física , Universidade de Santiago de Compostela , 15782 Santiago , Spain
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Agrawal NR, Yue X, Feng Y, Raghavan SR. Wormlike Micelles of a Cationic Surfactant in Polar Organic Solvents: Extending Surfactant Self-Assembly to New Systems and Subzero Temperatures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:12782-12791. [PMID: 31525901 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Wormlike micelles (WLMs) are long, flexible cylindrical chains formed by the self-assembly of surfactants in semidilute solutions. Scientists have been fascinated by WLMs because of their similarities to polymers, while at the same time, the viscoelastic properties of WLM solutions have made them useful in a variety of industrial applications. To date, most studies on WLMs have been performed in water (i.e., a highly polar liquid), while there are a few examples of "reverse" WLMs in oils (i.e., highly nonpolar liquids). However, in organic solvents with lower polarity than water such as glycerol, formamide, and ethylene glycol, there have been no reports of WLMs thus far. Here, we show that it is indeed possible to induce a long-tailed cationic surfactant to assemble into WLMs in several of these solvents. To form WLMs, the surfactant is combined with a "binding" salt, i.e., one with a large organic counterion that is capable of binding to the micelles. Examples of such salts include sodium salicylate and sodium tosylate, and we find self-assembly to be maximized when the surfactant and salt concentrations are near-equimolar. Interestingly, the addition of a simple, inorganic salt such as sodium chloride (NaCl) to the same surfactant does not induce WLMs in polar solvents (although it does so in water). Thus, the design rules for WLM formation in polar solvents are distinct from those in water. Aqueous WLMs have been characterized at temperatures from 25 °C and above, but few studies have examined WLMs at much lower (e.g., subzero) temperatures. Here, we have selected a surfactant with a very low Krafft point (i.e., the surfactant does not crystallize out of solution upon cooling due to a cis-unsaturation in its tail) and a low-freezing solvent, viz. a 90/10 mixture of glycerol and ethylene glycol. In these mixtures, we find evidence for WLMs that persist down to temperatures as low as -20 °C. Rheological techniques as well as small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) have been used to characterize the WLMs under these conditions. Much like their aqueous counterparts, WLMs in polar solvents show viscoelastic properties, and accordingly, these fluids could find applications as synthetic lubricants or as improved antifreezing fluids.
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- Niti R Agrawal
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
- Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Urumqi 830011 , China
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- Polymer Research Institute, State Key Lab of Polymer Materials Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu 610065 , China
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering , University of Maryland , College Park , Maryland 20742 , United States
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Penttilä PA, Vierros S, Utriainen K, Carl N, Rautkari L, Sammalkorpi M, Österberg M. Phospholipid-Based Reverse Micelle Structures in Vegetable Oil Modified by Water Content, Free Fatty Acid, and Temperature. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:8373-8382. [PMID: 31141381 PMCID: PMC6750831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Colloidal assemblies of phospholipids in oil are known to be highly sensitive to changes in system composition and temperature. Despite the fundamental biological and high industrial relevance of these aggregates, the mechanisms behind the structural changes, especially in real oils, are not well understood. In this work, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) was combined with molecular dynamics simulations to characterize the effects of oleic acid, water, and temperature on self-assembled structures formed by lecithin in rapeseed oil. SAXS showed that adding water to the mixtures caused the precipitation of liquid-crystalline phases with lamellar or hexagonal geometry. The combination of SAXS and molecular dynamics simulations revealed that stable spherical reverse micelles in oil had a core radius of about 2 nm and consisted of approximately 60 phospholipids centered around a core containing water and sugars. The presence of oleic acid improved the stability of reverse micelles against precipitation due to the increase in the water concentration in oil by allowing the reverse micelle cores to expand and accommodate more water. The shape and size of the reverse micelles changed at high temperatures, and irreversible elongation was observed, especially in the presence of oleic acid. The findings show the interdependency of the structure of the reverse micellar aggregates on system composition, in particular, oleic acid and water, as well as temperature. The revealed characteristics of the self-assembled structures have significance in understanding and tuning the properties of vegetable oil-based emulsions, food products, oil purification, and drug delivery systems.
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- Paavo A. Penttilä
- Department
of Bioproducts and Biosystems and Department of Chemistry and Materials
Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland
- Large-Scale
Structures Group, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
- E-mail: . Phone: +358 (0)50 476 6800
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- Department
of Bioproducts and Biosystems and Department of Chemistry and Materials
Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland
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- Department
of Bioproducts and Biosystems and Department of Chemistry and Materials
Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland
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- Large-Scale
Structures Group, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Department
of Bioproducts and Biosystems and Department of Chemistry and Materials
Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland
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- Department
of Bioproducts and Biosystems and Department of Chemistry and Materials
Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland
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- Department
of Bioproducts and Biosystems and Department of Chemistry and Materials
Science, Aalto University, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Espoo, Finland
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Lee CC, Lin CS, Tung SH. Tunable Phospholipid Nanopatterns Mediated by Cholesterol with Sub-3 nm Domain Size. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:3383-3390. [PMID: 30735047 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The interactions between phospholipids and cholesterol have been extensively studied in the aqueous systems because of their vital functionalities in the cell membrane. In this study, instead of the self-assembly in water, we explored the microphase-separated structures of phospholipids in bulk and thin films in the absence of solvents and created a series of ordered nanostructures by incorporation of cholesterol into phospholipids. Three zwitterionic two-tailed phospholipids, that is, phosphatidylcholines (PCs), with different numbers of double bonds on the hydrocarbon tails were investigated, including egg PC, 1,2-dioleoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), and 1,2-dipalmitoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC). We find that the nanostructures are highly dependent on the conformation of the tails on the PCs, which can be tailored by the number of double bonds on tails and the molar ratio of cholesterol to PC. By changing the molar ratio, egg PC with one double bond organizes into rich microdomains, including lamellae, spheres, and cylinders, whereas DOPC with two double bonds form spheres and cylinders and DPPC with no double bond forms lamellae only. The sizes of the microdomains are less than 3 nm, smaller than those of typical block copolymers. The biomolecule-based nanopatterns developed in this work provide a platform toward future applications of nanotechnology and biotechnology.
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- Chia-Chun Lee
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and Advanced Research Center for Green Materials Science and Technology , National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan
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Gu PP, Zhao JX. A reverse lyotropic liquid crystal formed by cetylpyridiniumchloride in cyclohexane with the assistance of aromatic counterions. Colloid Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-018-04466-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Engineering rheological properties of edible oleogels with ethylcellulose and lecithin. Carbohydr Polym 2019; 205:98-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2018.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Aramaki K, Ooishi K, Fujii M, Ariga K, Shrestha LK. Demonstration of a Novel Charge-Free Reverse Wormlike Micelle System. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:8670-8677. [PMID: 29940738 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We demonstrate a novel charge-free reverse wormlike micelle (RWLM) consisting of a ternary mixture of a nonionic amphiphilic block copolymer, fatty acid alkyl ester oil, and water under ambient conditions. Nonionic amphiphile tetra-[poly(oxyethylene)-poly(oxybutylene)]pentaerythrityl ether (TEBPE) self-assembled into spheroid-type micelles in nonaqueous media isopropyl myristate (IPM) with viscosity comparable to that of IPM. The addition of water increases viscosity only slightly up to a certain concentration of water and then drastically, demonstrating the sphere-to-wormlike micelle transition as confirmed by small-angle X-ray scattering. Further increase in water decreases the viscosity after attaining a maximum value. The zero shear viscosity (η0) of the 10 wt % TEBPE/IPM system reached the maximum at 2.6 wt % water and ca. 56 Pa·s, which is ∼fivefold higher than that of water. Dynamic rheological measurements on the highly viscous solutions confirmed the viscoelastic behavior and could be described by the Maxwell model. Conductivity, measured in the presence of a conductive probe, 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate, was found to be higher for viscous samples compared to the nonviscous samples, suggesting the static percolation caused by the RWLM formation. Decrease in η0 and conductivity beyond a maximum suggests the shortening of reverse micelles. A similar behavior has been observed in other fatty acid alkyl ester oils of different alkyl chain lengths. Note that most of the RWLM systems previously reported are based on phosphatidylcholine (PC). Formulation and structure-properties related to non-PC-based RWLMs have been rarely explored. Non-PC-based RWLMs using chemically stable and low-cost synthetic molecules can be applied not only in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics but also in a wide range of applications including drag reduction agents for nonaqueous fluids and as a template for nanomaterial synthesis.
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- Kenji Aramaki
- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences , Yokohama National University , Tokiwadai 79-7 , Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences , Yokohama National University , Tokiwadai 79-7 , Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 , Japan
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- Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences , Yokohama National University , Tokiwadai 79-7 , Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501 , Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) , National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-0044 , Japan
- Department of Advanced Materials Science, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences , The University of Tokyo , 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha , Kashiwa , Chiba 277-8561 , Japan
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA) , National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) , 1-1 Namiki , Tsukuba , Ibaraki 305-0044 , Japan
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Matheson A, Dalkas G, Clegg PS, Euston SR. Phytosterol-based edible oleogels: A novel way of replacing saturated fat in food. NUTR BULL 2018; 43:189-194. [PMID: 29861662 PMCID: PMC5969301 DOI: 10.1111/nbu.12325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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This article presents a summary of recent results relating to phytosterol oleogels. Oleogels represent a novel way of replacing saturated fat in food, whilst phytosterols have been shown to actively lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL)- cholesterol levels. There are a number of technical challenges to exploiting phytosterol oleogels, including a high sensitivity to water. To facilitate their incorporation into food, the fundamental physiochemical processes which mediate the formation of these gels and two different approaches to produce phytosterol oleogels that are stable in the presence of water were explored as part of the recent Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC)-funded Edible Oleogels for Reduction of Saturated Fat project. This report summarises the findings, which will support the development of healthier food products that are lower in saturated fat and acceptable to consumers.
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- A. Matheson
- School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- School of Engineering and Physical SciencesHeriot‐Watt UniversityEdinburghUK
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- School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of EdinburghEdinburghUK
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- School of Engineering and Physical SciencesHeriot‐Watt UniversityEdinburghUK
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Tan Q, Bie M, Wang Z, Chu Y, Tao S, Xu X, Liu Y. Insights into the Mechanism of Bile Salt Aggregates Forming in a PEGylated Amphiphilic Polymer/Bile Salt Mixed Micelle. ChemistrySelect 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201800382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Qinggang Tan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education); Tongji University; Caoan Road 4800 Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education); Tongji University; Caoan Road 4800 Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education); Tongji University; Caoan Road 4800 Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education); Tongji University; Caoan Road 4800 Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education); Tongji University; Caoan Road 4800 Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Key Laboratory for Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (Ministry of Education); Tongji University; Caoan Road 4800 Shanghai 201804, P. R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, Xinhua Hospital, Affiliated to Shanghai JiaoTong University, School of Medicine, Institute of Biliary Tract Diseases Research; Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine; 1665 Kongjiang Road Shanghai 200092 China
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Rheological and calorimetric study of alkyltrimethylammonium bromide-sodium salicylate wormlike micelles in aqueous binary systems. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 515:198-207. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Gelation of commercially available mineral oils by lecithin and CaCl2 mixture. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.11.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sigel R. Form factor for distorted semi-flexible polymer chains. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:742-753. [PMID: 29271457 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02098h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The statistical presence of kinks which form defects in semi-flexible polymer chains leads to a polydispersity in the effective persistence length. The form factor of a distorted semi-flexible polymer results as an average over this persistence polydispersity. It turns out that the scattering behavior of an ensemble of distorted semi-flexible polymer chains is quite well approximated by a form factor of an undistorted chain with a Rg-equivalent persistence length. An apparent length polydispersity is observed for short distorted chains. The Rg-equivalent persistence length is significantly smaller than the innate persistence length multiplied by the fraction of regular monomers. The results are compared to related work on DNA from the literature.
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- Reinhard Sigel
- Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, 40237 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Deng S, Zhao J. Self-assembly of cationic gemini surfactants, alkanediyl-bis-(dimethyldodecyl-ammonium bromide), in cyclohexane: effects of spacer length on their association into reverse lyotropic liquid crystalline or reverse vesicles. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:734-741. [PMID: 29340416 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02333b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Herein, homogeneous solutions of cationic gemini surfactants, alkanediyl-α,ω-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide), referred to as 12-s-12 where s = 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10, in cyclohexane have been prepared with the help of sodium hexanoate (SH) or sodium laurate (SL). These surfactants self-assembled in cyclohexane to form various aggregating structures, which were characterised by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) together with polarised microscopy observations. The results showed that 12-2-12/SH, where the gemini had the shortest spacer among this series, formed an inverse micellar cubic liquid crystalline phase of the Fd3m structure. 12-s-12/SL, including s = 4, 6, and 8, which contained an adequate length spacer, formed an inverse hexagonal liquid crystalline phase packed by the cylindrical assemblies of surfactants. 12-10-12/SL, in which the gemini had a longer spacer, formed dispersed reverse vesicles (a lamellar structure). The rheological properties of liquid crystalline phases in a linear visco-elastic regime were studied. 12-2-12/SH formed a hard gel, whereas 12-s-12/SL formed soft gels. Dynamic light scattering and steady-state viscosity analyses were performed for the reverse vesicle solutions formed by 12-10-12/SL. In all these systems, the amount of added water W0, denoting the mole ratio of water to the gemini surfactant, was demonstrated to influence the properties.
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- Shenglu Deng
- Institute of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, P. R. China.
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Matheson AB, Dalkas G, Gromov A, Euston SR, Clegg PS. The development of phytosterol-lecithin mixed micelles and organogels. Food Funct 2017; 8:4547-4554. [PMID: 29111558 DOI: 10.1039/c7fo01271c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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We demonstrate that by mixing the phytosterol-ester oryzanol with lecithin in an organic solvent, both components may be dispersed at much higher concentrations than they may be individually. Dynamic light scattering and molecular dynamics simulations show that the mechanism for this is the formation of r ∼ 4 nm mixed micelles. Infrared spectroscopy and simulations suggest that these micelles are formed due in part to hydrogen bonding of the phosphate of the lecithin head-group, and the phenol group of the oryzanol. Rheology shows that by mixing these materials at an equimolar ratio, highly viscous suspensions are created. Furthermore, by adding water to these samples, a solid-like gel may be formed which offers mechanical properties close to those desired for a margarine type spread, whilst still solubilizing the oryzanol.
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- Andrew B Matheson
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, James Clerk Maxwell Building, Edinburgh EH9 3FD, UK.
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Zhao B, Zhuang J, Serrano MAC, Vachet RW, Thayumanavan S. Influence of Charge Density on Host–Guest Interactions within Amphiphilic Polymer Assemblies in Apolar Media. Macromolecules 2017. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Bo Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Li Y, Song L, Lin J, Ma J, Pan Z, Zhang Y, Su G, Ye S, Luo FH, Zhu X, Hou Z. Programmed Nanococktail Based on pH-Responsive Function Switch for Self-Synergistic Tumor-Targeting Therapy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:39127-39142. [PMID: 29039650 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b08218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Tumor-targeting combination chemotherapy is an important way to improve the therapeutic index and reduce the side effects as compared to traditional cancer treatments. However, one of the major challenges in surface functionalization of nanoparticle (NP) is accomplishing multiple purposes through one single ligand. Upon such consideration, methotrexate (MTX), an anticancer drug with a targeting moiety inspired by the similar structure of folate, could be used to covalently link with lipid-polymer conjugate (DSPE-PEG) via a pH-sensitive dynamic covalent imine (CH═N) bond to synthesize the acid-induced function "targeting-anticancer" switching DSPE-PEG-CH═N-MTX. We hypothesize that using this kind of MTX prodrug to functionalize NP's surface would be conductive to combine the early phase active targeting function and the late-phase anticancer function in one nanosystem. Herein, a nanococktail is programmed for codelivery of epirubicin (EPI) and MTX by co-self-assembly of acid-dissociated EPI-phospholipid (PC) complex and acid-cleavable DSPE-PEG-CH═N-MTX conjugate. The obtained nanococktail (MTX-PEG-EPI-PC NPs) could not only actively target folate receptors-overexpressing tumor cells but also respond to acidic endo/lysosomes for triggering the on-demand release of pharmaceutically active EPI/MTX. The intracellular drug distribution also demonstrated that the system could codeliver two drugs to individual target sites of action, inducing the significant synergistic anticancer efficiency based on different anticancer mechanisms. More importantly, the in vivo tumor accumulation and anticancer efficacy of MTX-PEG-EPI-PC NPs (via cleavable imine bond) were significantly enhanced as compared to the individual free drug, both free drugs, PEG-EPI-PC NPs, and MTX-PEG-EPI-PC NPs (via the uncleavable amide bond). This self-synergistic tumor-targeting therapy might represent a promising strategy for cancer treatment.
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- Children's Hospital of Soochow University , Suzhou 215025, Peopel's Republic of China
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Hashizaki K, Imai M, Yako S, Tsusaka H, Sakanishi Y, Saito Y, Fujii M. Highly Viscoelastic Reverse Wormlike Micellar Systems from a Mixture of Lecithin, Polyglycerol Fatty Acid Monoesters, and an Oil. J Oleo Sci 2017; 66:997-1007. [PMID: 28794316 DOI: 10.5650/jos.ess17091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We report new lecithin reverse wormlike micelles with high viscoelasticity formed using lecithin/polyglycerol fatty acid monoester (PGLFA)/oil systems. In this study, the influence of the amphiphilicity (i.e., hydrophile-lipophile balance, HLB) of PGLFA on the phase behavior and rheological properties of reverse wormlike micelles was investigated in detail. PGLFAs with degrees of polymerization of polyglycerol varying between 6-40 and constituent fatty acids with chains between 6-18 carbon atoms long were used. Partial phase diagrams of the lecithin/PGLFA/n-decane systems indicated that the appropriate PGLFA could change the lecithin/oil solution into a highly viscoelastic solution comprising reverse wormlike micelles. Rheological measurements showed that all systems that formed reverse wormlike micelles exhibited an unusual phenomenon called "shear-thickening". Furthermore, reverse wormlike micelles grew as the PGLFA concentration increased and the zero-shear viscosity (η0) of the solution rapidly increased. Our results indicate that the magnitude of the maximum η0 depends on the degree of polymerization of the constituent polyglycerol in the PGLFA, while the size of the reverse micellar region and the highly viscous region in the phase diagram depends on the HLB value of the PGLFA.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nihon University
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- Strategy & Planning group, Organic Chemical Products company, Daicel corporation
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Markina AA, Ivanov VA, Komarov PV, Khokhlov AR, Tung SH. Self-Assembly of Lecithin and Bile Salt in the Presence of Inorganic Salt in Water: Mesoscale Computer Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:7878-7888. [PMID: 28737387 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The influence of inorganic salt on the structure of lecithin/bile salt mixtures in aqueous solution is studied by means of dissipative particle dynamics simulations. We propose a coarse-grained model of phosphatidylcholine and two types of bile salts (sodium cholate and sodium deoxycholate) and also take into account the presence of low molecular weight salt. This model allows us to study the system on rather large time and length scales (up to about ∼20 μs and 50 nm) and to reveal mechanisms of experimentally observed increasing viscosity upon increasing the low molecular weight salt concentration in this system. We show that increasing the low molecular weight salt concentration induces the growth of cylinder-like micelles formed in lecithin/bile salt mixtures in water. These wormlike micelles can entangle into transient networks displaying perceptible viscoelastic properties. Computer simulation results are in good qualitative agreement with experimental observations.
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- Institute of Organoelement Compounds RAS , Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,Tver State University , Tver 170100, Russian Federation
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- Moscow State University , Moscow 119991, Russian Federation.,Institute of Organoelement Compounds RAS , Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Liu N, He Q, Wang Y, Bu W. Stepwise self-assembly of a block copolymer-platinum(ii) complex hybrid in solvents of variable quality: from worm-like micelles to free-standing sheets to vesicle-like nanostructures. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:4791-4798. [PMID: 28676879 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm01055a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The self-assembly process of formation of worm-like micelles of a block copolymer-platinum(ii) complex hybrid is investigated with respect to the influence of solvent quality. When the solvent quality is moderately weakened, unilamellar free-standing sheets are achieved, in which the worm-like micelles snap off to form star micelles together with a few short worms. Extremely worsened solvent quality leads to unilamellar vesicle-like nanostructures, onto which only star micelles emerged. With the intermediate solvent quality, the sheets coexist with the vesicle-like nanostructures. This is well correlated with mechanistic insights regarding the morphological transition from sheet- to vesicle-like nanoassemblies. In these aggregates, short worms and star micelles still hold their core-shell structures. Furthermore, these unconventional superstructures are well interrelated with their luminescence properties. This result challenges the conventional paradigm of the amphiphilic self-assembly of surfactants and block copolymers in selective solvents, where they form bilayered nanostructures and are required universally to be rearranged during the morphological transition from micelles to vesicles.
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- Nijuan Liu
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou City, Gansu Province, China.
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Sethi V, Mishra J, Bhattacharyya A, Sen D, Ganguli AK. Hydrotrope induced structural modifications in CTAB/butanol/water/isooctane reverse micellar systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:22033-22048. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03191b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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SAXS and NMR studies to gain insight of structural alterations in reverse micellar nanotemplates in presence of hydrotropes.
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- Vaishali Sethi
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- New Delhi-110016
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- New Delhi-110016
- India
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- Surface Physics and Material Science Division
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Kolkata-700064
- India
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- Solid State Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- New Delhi-110016
- India
- Institute of Nano Science & Technology
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Lin ST, Lin CS, Chang YY, Whitten AE, Sokolova A, Wu CM, Ivanov VA, Khokhlov AR, Tung SH. Effects of Alkali Cations and Halide Anions on the Self-Assembly of Phosphatidylcholine in Oils. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:12166-12174. [PMID: 27802053 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b03449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The interactions between ions and phospholipids are closely associated with the structures and functions of cell membrane. Instead of conventional aqueous systems, we systematically investigated the effects of inorganic ions on the self-assembly of lecithin, a zwitterionic phosphatidylcholine, in cyclohexane. Previous studies have shown that addition of inorganic salts with specific divalent and trivalent cations can transform lecithin organosols into organogels. In this study, we focused on the effect of monovalent alkali halides. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy was used to demonstrate that the binding strength of the alkali cations with the phosphate of lecithin is in the order Li+ > Na+ > K+. More importantly, the cation-phosphate interaction is affected by the paired halide anions, and the effect follows the series I- > Br- > Cl-. The salts of stronger interactions with lecithin, including LiCl, LiBr, LiI, and NaI, were found to induce cylindrical micelles sufficiently long to form organogels, while others remain organosols. A mechanism based on the charge density of ions and the enthalpy change of the ion exchange between alkali halides and lecithin headgroup is provided to explain the contrasting interactions and the effectiveness of the salts to induce organogelation.
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- Shih-Ting Lin
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW 2234, Australia
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu 30076, Taiwan
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- Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University , Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Markina A, Ivanov V, Komarov P, Khokhlov A, Tung SH. Self-assembly of micelles in organic solutions of lecithin and bile salt: Mesoscale computer simulation. Chem Phys Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2016.09.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Noirjean C, Testard F, Dejugnat C, Jestin J, Carriere D. Molten fatty acid based microemulsions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:15911-8. [PMID: 27241163 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00533k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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We show that ternary mixtures of water (polar phase), myristic acid (MA, apolar phase) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB, cationic surfactant) studied above the melting point of myristic acid allow the preparation of microemulsions without adding a salt or a co-surfactant. The combination of SANS, SAXS/WAXS, DSC, and phase diagram determination allows a complete characterization of the structures and interactions between components in the molten fatty acid based microemulsions. For the different structures characterized (microemulsion, lamellar or hexagonal phases), a similar thermal behaviour is observed for all ternary MA/CTAB/water monophasic samples and for binary MA/CTAB mixtures without water: crystalline myristic acid melts at 52 °C, and a thermal transition at 70 °C is assigned to the breaking of hydrogen bounds inside the mixed myristic acid/CTAB complex (being the surfactant film in the ternary system). Water determines the film curvature, hence the structures observed at high temperature, but does not influence the thermal behaviour of the ternary system. Myristic acid is partitioned in two "species" that behave independently: pure myristic acid and myristic acid associated with CTAB to form an equimolar complex that plays the role of the surfactant film. We therefore show that myristic acid plays the role of a solvent (oil) and a co-surfactant allowing the fine tuning of the structure of oil and water mixtures. This solvosurfactant behaviour of long chain fatty acid opens the way for new formulations with a complex structure without the addition of any extra compound.
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- Cecile Noirjean
- LIONS, NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Huang H, Liao Y, Bu W, Wang W, Sun JZ. Going beyond the classical amphiphilicity paradigm: the self-assembly of completely hydrophobic polymers into free-standing sheets and hollow nanostructures in solvents of variable quality. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:5011-5021. [PMID: 27157546 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00259e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Self-assembly is well-known to occur in amphiphiles, and the totally hydrophobic ones are never reported to self-assemble. In this work we report for the first time that the latter can self-assemble into free-standing sheets and hollow spheres in toluene/methanol mixed solvents by modulating the solvent quality. The homopolymers studied in this work are polystyrene (PS), polyphenylacetylene (PPA), and poly(3-hexyl thiophene) (P3HT), representing polymers with different rigidity. All the three form a homogenous solution in toluene, but self-assembly occurs in the toluene/methanol mixed solvents. Micrometer sized free-standing sheets were formed for PS, PPA, and P3HT at methanol volume fractions being 43%, 50%, and 67%, respectively, and hollow spheres were observed for PPA at higher methanol fractions of 75 and 90%. Under the latter solvent conditions, PS forms solid spheres, yet ill-defined aggregates and free-standing sheets coexist in the case of P3HT. This non-solvent induced self-assembly was explained by a delicate balance of two "opposing forces": van der Waals attractive and entropic repulsive forces generated between the segments of these homopolymers within a single chain, between two chains, and among more chains in the solvents of worsened quality.
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- Huanting Huang
- Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Metals Chemistry and Resources Utilization of Gansu Province, State Key Laboratory of Applied Organic Chemistry, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000, China.
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Yang D, Zhao J. A light-responsive organofluid based on reverse worm-like micelles formed from an equi-charged, mixed, anionic gemini surfactant with an azobenzene spacer and a cationic conventional surfactant. SOFT MATTER 2016; 12:4044-4051. [PMID: 27021435 DOI: 10.1039/c6sm00207b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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An equally-charged mixture of an anionic gemini surfactant, O,O'-bis(sodium 2-tetradecylcarboxylate)-p-azodiphendiol (G14-azo), and a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), was dissolved in cyclohexane to form reverse worm-like micelles. Samples with different surfactant concentrations and amounts of added water were studied using rheological measurements. The amount of water, represented as the molar ratio of water to total surfactants W0, was c. 13 (at its minimum) in these equally charged systems of G14-azo (200 mmol L(-1))/CTAB. The low shear viscosity ηL of this system reached 4370 Pa s at W0 = 13 and the dynamic rheological result showed typical surfactant gel behaviour. Under UV-light irradiation, the transparent sample (G14-azo (300 mmol L(-1))/CTAB (600 mmol L(-1))) at W0 = 40 became turbid, during which ηL was rapidly reduced from the original 285 Pa s to 0.3 Pa s, indicating a transition of aggregate morphology from reverse worms into simple reverse micelles. Then the sample was returned to its original homogeneous state with c. 290 Pa s viscosity under visible light irradiation. However, this transition cannot be well achieved at low W0 due to the interior cores being too small. This limit has been attributed to both the Gemini type of surfactant molecule and to the inverted structure of aggregates.
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- Duoping Yang
- Institute of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350108, China.
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Li Y, Xie B, Wang X, Wang H, Zhan S. Rapid and Efficient Formation of Reverse Vesicle on Carbon Fibers. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2015.1040120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Angelico R, Gentile L, Ranieri GA, Oliviero Rossi C. Flow-induced structures observed in a viscoelastic reverse wormlike micellar system by magnetic resonance imaging and NMR velocimetry. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00206d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Organogel formed by lecithin reverse wormlike micelles in the isotropic concentrated regime exhibits flow induced micro-heterogeneities detected by rheo-NMR and NMR-velocimetry.
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- R. Angelico
- Department of Agricultural
- Environmental and Food Sciences (DIAAA)
- University of Molise
- I-86100 Campobasso (CB)
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- University of Calabria
- I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS)
- Italy
- Division of Physical Chemistry
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- University of Calabria
- I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS)
- Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies
- University of Calabria
- I-87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS)
- Italy
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Cheng CY, Wang TY, Tung SH. Biological Hydrogels Formed by Swollen Multilamellar Liposomes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:13312-13320. [PMID: 26574777 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The self-assembly of lecithin-bile salt mixtures in solutions has long been an important research topic, not only because they are both biosurfactants closely relevant to physiological functions but also for the potential biomedical applications. In this paper, we report an unusual biological hydrogel formed by mixing bile salts and lecithin at low bile salt/lecithin molar ratios (B0) in water. The gel can be prepared at a total lipid concentration as low as ∼15 wt %, and the solidlike property of the solutions was confirmed by dynamic rheological measurements. We used cryo-TEM and SAXS/SANS techniques to probe the self-assembled structure and clearly evidence that the gel is made up of jammed swollen multilamellar vesicles (liposomes), instead of typical fibrous networks found in conventional gels. A mechanism-based on the strong repulsion between bilayers due to the incorporation of negatively charged bile salts is proposed to explain the swelling of the liposomes. In addition to gel, a series of phases, including viscoelastic, gel-like, and low-viscosity fluids, can be created by increasing B0. Such a variety of phase behaviors are caused by the transformation of bilayers into cylindrical and spheroidal micelles upon the change of the effective molecular geometry with B0.
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- Chih-Yang Cheng
- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and ‡Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and ‡Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Institute of Polymer Science and Engineering and ‡Instrumentation Center, National Taiwan University , Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Yixiu H, Hong Z, Yongqiang W, Yongjun M, Hang W. Rheological investigation on anionic wormlike micelles at high temperature. J Mol Liq 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2015.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Wang L, Xin X, Yang M, Ma X, Shen J, Song Z, Yuan S. Effects of graphene oxide and salinity on sodium deoxycholate hydrogels and their applications in dye absorption. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.07.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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