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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-28
pubmed:abstractText
For the first time, temperature-induced phase transitions upon heating and cooling an aqueous solution that contained oppositely charged polyelectrolyte and surfactant mixtures was observed. The phase transition from micelles to vesicles, then to the coexistence of vesicles and superstructures that have the morphology of melon seeds, and finally to precipitates was determined by means of turbidity measurements and transmission electron microscopy images. These phase transitions were shown to be reversible and reproducible after several heating and cooling cycles were performed on the same sample. The novel observations for the temperature-induced phase transition from primary aggregates, such as micelles, to superstructures (i.e., vesicles) should provide new understanding for surfactant sciences, and in particular for self-assembled amphiphilic systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0947-6539
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4782-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-8-4
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Heat-induced phase transitions from an aqueous solution to precipitates in a poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate)/tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide system.
pubmed:affiliation
Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, P.R. China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article