Micelles liquids

One may consider a series of physical states ranging from the crystalline, where molecular aggregation and orientation are large, to the dilute gaseous state, where there are no significant orientational limits. States of intermediate order are represented by micelles, liquid crystals, monolayers, ion pairs, and dipole-dipole complexes. In the crystalline state, the differences between pure enantiomers, racemic modifications, and diastereomeric complexes are clearly defined both structurally and energetically (32,33). At the other extreme, stereospecific interactions between diastereomerically related solvents and solutes, ion pairs, and other partially oriented systems are much less clearly resolved. 

In contrast to the above-described kinetic stability, colloids may also be thermodynamically stable. A stable macromolecular solution is an example we have already discussed. Formation of micelles beyond the critical micelle concentration is another example of the formation of a thermodynamically stable colloidal phase. However, when the concentration of the (say, initially spherical) micelles increases with addition of surfactants to the system, the spherical micelles may become thermodynamically unstable and may form other forms of (thermodynamically stable) surfactant assemblies of more complex shapes (such as cylindrical micelles, liquid-crystalline phases, bilayers, etc.). 

In THE PAST DECADE, IMPROVEMENTS IN infrared spectroscopic instrumentation have contributed to significant advances in the traditional analytical applications of the technique. Progress in the application of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to physiochemical studies of colloidal assemblies and interfaces has been more uneven, however. While much Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic work has been generated about the structure of lipid bilayers and vesicles, considerably less is available on the subjects of micelles, liquid crystals, or other structures adopted by synthetic surfactants in water. In the area of interfacial chemistry, much of the infrared spectroscopic work, both on the adsorption of polymers or proteins and on the adsorption of surfactants forming so called "self-assembled" mono- and multilayers, has transpired only in the last five years or so. 

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Finally, the crystalline microstructure in many foods is not the only microstructural element of interest. Often crystal dispersions are found alongside other structures, such as air cells, fat globules, protein micelles, liquid crystals, and others. The interactions among these structural elements will be the focus of future studies in complex foods. 

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Another new concept formulated in conjunction with the formation of the M41S structures was supramolecular templating, i.e. one involving assemblies of molecules (surfactant aggregates, micelles, liquid crystals) [31]. In contrast, microporous materials are templated by isolated molecules acting as structure directing agents. 

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To overcome most of solubilization problems, colloidal surfactant systems (e.g. micelles, liquid crystals, microemulsions, vesicles, emulsions, etc.) are attracting a great deal of attention as alternative reaction media (Walde 1996 Holmberg 1997 Antonietti 2001). Their advantages are they possess micro- and nanostmctures consisting of well-defined hydrophilic and lipophilic domains separated by surfactant films with very large interfacial area, the exchange between chemical species... 

The tendency of surfactants to adsorb at interfaces and self-assemble results in unique physical properties and behavior. Formation of micelles, liquid crystals, macroemulsions, microemulsions, and foams, as well as surface tension reduction and improving wettabiUty of aqueous solutions, are just a few phenomena exhibited by surfactants. This behavior is of both fundamental interest as a unique subset of physical chemistry as weU as leading to many practical applications. 

Abandoning the dispersion concept of microemulsions and realizing that they are closely related to micelles, liquid crystals, and other types of surfactant self-assemblies but distinctly different from (macro) emulsions clearly makes the term microemulsion less suitable. However, it has been kept for historical reasons. Confusion because of the wording continues, not so much concerning the thermodynamics but as regards microstructure it seems that the term easily directs the mind toward a structure of discrete objects, droplets, while we now know that this is not the typical situation. 

In addition to the adsorption process, in which the molecules reach the interface depending on their structure and relationship with the solvents, amphiphilic molecules show the tendency to organize and coordinate themselves into ordered sttuctures in water or solvent including the formation of aggregates such as micelles, liquid crystals (LCs), or bilayers. Such self-assembly phenomena can be described when the hydrophobic tails of surfactant molecules form a cluster to produce small aggregates, such as micelles, or large layered structures such as bilayers that are similar to a cell wall. ... 

The mechanistic interplay between micelle/liquid crystal chemistry and the polymerization/crystallization of the inorganic framework provide a rare opportunity to construct an array of new structures based on well established principles of charge density matching at the organic/inorganic interface. With these new structures, pore sizes and compositions at hand, researchers in many fields are armed with a new arsenal of materials with which to attack the nano-scopic problems. 

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