An X-ray study of brine swollen lyotropic lamellar phases
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- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- Published by EDP Sciences in Journal de Physique
- Vol. 48 (4) , 673-678
- https://doi.org/10.1051/jphys:01987004804067300
Abstract
2014 Les phases lamellaires de deux systèmes quasi ternaires (tensioactif/alcool/eau salée) sont étudiées en diffusion des rayons X. Dans les deux cas la phase présente un comportement de gonflement simple en dilution par l'eau salée, et la première singularité de Bragg persiste au moins jusqu'à 150 Å pour la distance interlamellaire d. La comparaison des profils de diffusion des échantillons les plus gonflés des deux systèmes montre que les fluctuations de l'empilement lamellaire sont beaucoup plus grandes dans un cas que dans l'autre. Cette spécificité est analysée dans le cadre de la théorie classique des fluctuations dans les milieux smectiques. Elle indique que dans le cas de ces empilements gonflés à l'eau salée, l'interaction stérique de Helfrich n'est pas la seule contribution dominante dans le potentiel d'interaction effectif entre membranes adjacentes. 2014 The lamellar phases of two different quasi ternary systems (surfactant/alcohol/brine) are studied by X-ray scattering. In both cases the phase exhibits simple swelling behaviour when diluted with brine and the Bragg singularity persists at least up to 150 Å for the average interlamellar distance d. The comparison of the scattering patterns of the most swollen samples of the two systems shows that the out of plane fluctuations of the lamellar stacking are much larger in one case than in the other. This specificity is analysed in the light of the current theory on fluctuations in smectic media ; it indicates that, for the present brine swollen stackings, the Helfrich steric interaction is not the only dominant contribution to the effective intermembrane interactions.Keywords
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