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Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XI pp 224–227Cite as

Spontaneous formation of zwitterionic vesicles: chemical structure-vesicle formation relationships

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New double-chain zwitterionic surfactants were shown to undergo spontaneous dispersion as vesicles in water by means of simple dilution of the lamellar phase. The molecular parameters of relevance were investigated in a systematic study of the structure of the lamellar phase and of the ability of spontaneous formation of vesicles in a series of homologous zwitterionic surfactants. Thus, the double-chain zwitterionic surfactants which occupies a small interfacial area per molecule in spite of the large size of their hydrophilic headgroup can form spontaneous vesicles. In this case, the bending modulus ¯k of the surfactant film is strongly negative and the short-range repulsive interactions between hydrophilic groups protruding from the surfactant films into water allow a large swelling of the lamellar phase, and are the origin of the colloidal stability of the vesicles dispersion.

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  1. Laboratoire des Matériaux Organiques à Propriétés Spécifiques, LMOPS-CNRS, BP 24, 69390, Vernaison, France

    Dr. Y. Chevalier, S. Pourchet, S. Brunel, P. Le Perchec & B. Gallot

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Chevalier, Y., Pourchet, S., Brunel, S., Le Perchec, P., Gallot, B. (1997). Spontaneous formation of zwitterionic vesicles: chemical structure-vesicle formation relationships. In: Rosenholm, J.B., Lindman, B., Stenius, P. (eds) Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XI. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 105. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0110992

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