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Molecular model for the lecithin self-organization into polymer-like micelles

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Formation and Dynamics of Self-Organized Structures in Surfactants and Polymer Solutions

Part of the book series: Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science ((PROGCOLLOID,volume 106))

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Abstract

Interactions of lecithin dissolved in alkane with polar solvents and phosphatidylethanolamine have been studied by means of IR and 31P NMR spectroscopy. Comparison of gelforming compounds with sructurally related ones incapable of inducing jellification of lecithin solutions has provided an insight into the molecular organization of polymerlike micelles. In a developed molecular model, the polar solvents bridge neighboring phospholipid molecules through a ribbon-like hydrogen bonding network consisting of alternate solvent molecules and lecithin phosphate groups.

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Abbreviations

PE:

phosphatidylethanolamine

FA:

formamide

DMFA:

N,N-dimethylformamide

GL:

glycerol

EG:

ethylene glycol

1,3-PD:

1,3-propanediol

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  1. c/o Prof. Dr. H. Hofman Universität Bayreuth Physikalische Chemie I, NW I 96470, Bayreuth, Germany

    Dr. Y. A. Shchipunov & E. V. Shumilina

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K. Kawasaki B. Lindman H. Okabayashi

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Shchipunov, Y.A., Shumilina, E.V. (1997). Molecular model for the lecithin self-organization into polymer-like micelles. In: Kawasaki, K., Lindman, B., Okabayashi, H. (eds) Formation and Dynamics of Self-Organized Structures in Surfactants and Polymer Solutions. Progress in Colloid & Polymer Science, vol 106. Steinkopff. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0111064

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