Self-assembly of nonionic surfactants into lyotropic liquid crystals in ethylammonium nitrate, a room-temperature ionic liquid

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作者
Araos, MU [1 ]
Warr, GG [1 ]
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[1] Univ Sydney, Sch Chem, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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10.1021/jp052862y
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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The stability of a variety of lyotropic liquid crystals formed by a number of polyoxyethylene nonionic surfactants in the room-temperature ionic liquid ethylammoniurn nitrate (EAN) is surveyed and reported. The pattern of self-assembly behaviour and mesophase formation is strikingly similar to that observed in water, even including the existence of a lower consolute boundary or cloud point. The only quantitative difference from water is that longer alkyl chains are necessary to drive the formation of liquid crystalline mesophases in EAN, suggesting that a rich pattern of "solvophobic" self-assembly should exist in this solvent.
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