Self-assembled geometric liquid-crystalline nanoparticles imaged in three dimensions: hexosomes are not necessarily flat hexagonal prisms
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Self-assembled geometric liquid-crystalline nanoparticles imaged in three dimensions : hexosomes are not necessarily flat hexagonal prisms. / Boyd, Ben J; Rizwan, Shakila B; Dong, Yao-Da; Hook, Sarah; Rades, Thomas.
In: Langmuir, Vol. 23, No. 25, 2007, p. 12461-4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Self-assembled geometric liquid-crystalline nanoparticles imaged in three dimensions
T2 - hexosomes are not necessarily flat hexagonal prisms
AU - Boyd, Ben J
AU - Rizwan, Shakila B
AU - Dong, Yao-Da
AU - Hook, Sarah
AU - Rades, Thomas
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Attempts to understand the complex 3D morphology of non-lamellar liquid-crystalline nanostructured particles, formed by the dispersion of a reversed hexagonal phase (hexosomes) and bicontinuous cubic phase (cubosomes) in water, have been limited by the lack of suitable 3D imaging techniques. Using cryo-field emission scanning electron microscopy, we show that whereas the structure of cubosomes generally reflects that anticipated from modeling approaches, hexosomes, which were previously proposed to be flat hexagonal prisms, in fact often possess a "spinning-top-like" structure, which is likely to influence their interactions with surfaces.
AB - Attempts to understand the complex 3D morphology of non-lamellar liquid-crystalline nanostructured particles, formed by the dispersion of a reversed hexagonal phase (hexosomes) and bicontinuous cubic phase (cubosomes) in water, have been limited by the lack of suitable 3D imaging techniques. Using cryo-field emission scanning electron microscopy, we show that whereas the structure of cubosomes generally reflects that anticipated from modeling approaches, hexosomes, which were previously proposed to be flat hexagonal prisms, in fact often possess a "spinning-top-like" structure, which is likely to influence their interactions with surfaces.
U2 - 10.1021/la7029714
DO - 10.1021/la7029714
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17988167
VL - 23
SP - 12461
EP - 12464
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
SN - 0743-7463
IS - 25
ER -
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