A bicontinuous mesophase geometry with hexagonal symmetry

© 2011 American Chemical Society

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 27(2011), 17 vom: 06. Sept., Seite 10475-83
1. Verfasser: Schröder-Turk, Gerd E (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Varslot, Trond, de Campo, Liliana, Kapfer, Sebastian C, Mickel, Walter
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:© 2011 American Chemical Society
We report that a specific realization of Schwarz's triply periodic hexagonal minimal surface is isotropic with respect to the Doi-Ohta interface tensor and simultaneously has minimal packing and stretching frustration similar to those of the commonly found cubic bicontinuous mesophases. This hexagonal surface, of symmetry P6(3)/mmc with a lattice ratio of c/a = 0.832, is therefore a likely candidate geometry for self-assembled lipid/surfactant or copolymer mesophases. Furthermore, both the peak position ratios in its powder diffraction pattern and the elastic moduli closely resemble those of the cubic bicontinuous phases. We therefore argue that a genuine possibility of experimental misidentification exists
Beschreibung:Date Completed 29.12.2011
Date Revised 31.08.2011
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la201718a