Novel surfactant mesostructural topologies: Between lamellae and columnar (hexagonal) forms

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-14

  Hyde, Stephen T ^a   Schroder G E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bilayer aggregates; Membrane fusion; Mesh mesophases; Polycontinuous lyotropic mesophases

Indexed keywords

MICELLES; MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY;

MESOSTRUCTURAL TOPOLOGY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SURFACTANT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTATION; GEOMETRY; LIPID BILAYER; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE FUSION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0038714400     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(03)00014-1     Document Type: Review

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