Lyotropic Phases of Dodecylbenzenesulfonates with Different Counterions in Water

Surface relaxation of lyotropic lamellar phases

– We study the relaxation modes of an interface between a lyotropic lamellar phase and a gas or a simple liquid. The relaxation is found to be qualitatively different from those of both simple liquids and single-component smectic-A liquid crystals. It is governed by a non-inertial, diffusive mode whose decay rate increases quadratically with wavenumber, |ω| = Aq. The coefficient A depends on th...

Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Phases from Anisotropic Nanomaterials

Liquid crystals are an integral part of a mature display technology, also establishing themselves in other applications, such as spatial light modulators, telecommunication technology, photonics, or sensors, just to name a few of the non-display applications. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend to add various nanomaterials to liquid crystals, which is motivated by several aspect...

Function of Neutrophils in Different Phases of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

In chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), the mature granulocytes originate from a stem cell line harboring an abnormal chromosome, therefore it is possible that metabolic-functional abnormalities occur in the morphologically mature cells. In the present study, the phagocytic activity including intracellular killing, nitro blue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction, and phagocytosis were studied in 37 CML p...

Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases formed in an ionic liquid.

Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of an amphiphilic block copolymer are constructed and characterized in an ionic liquid with comparison of component and temperature effects.

Crumpling and second sound in lyotropic lamellar phases