Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 38, Number 8, June II 1997
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Page(s) | 625 - 630 | |
Section | Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00294-2 | |
Published online | 01 September 2002 |
Stuffed onions: Particles in multilamellar vesicles
Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, Scotland, UK.
Received:
21
January
1997
Accepted:
7
May
1997
We have studied the behaviour of mixtures of lyotropic lamellar phases and submicron-size solid particles under shear. Two different lamellar phases were used —an oil-swollen system (SDS, dodecane, pentanol, water) with sterically-stabilised PMMA particles, and an aqueous system (AOT, brine) with charged-stabilised polystyrene particles. Under shear, both systems give rise to multilamellar vesicles or “onions” in which the solid particles become encapsulated in the onion cores, as evidenced by optical microscopy. The “orientation diagram” and rheological properties of the lamellar + particle systems are not very different from those of the pure lamellae.
PACS: 82.70.-y – Disperse systems / 83.20.Hn – Structural and phase changes / 83.70.Hq – Heterogeneous liquids: suspensions, dispersions, emulsions, pastes, slurries, foams, block copolymers, etc
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