Phase behavior of Phytantriol/water bicontinuous cubic Pn3m cubosomes stabilized by Laponite disc-like particles

Lipid Self-Assemblies and Nanostructured Emulsions for Cosmetic Formulations

“…The apparent reason is that the toxicity of pristine carbon nanomaterials is presumed to be greatly reduced by coating them with the lipid molecules, which are already biogenic materials. Similar efforts were also made by other researchers who managed to stabilize O/W nanostructured emulsions using silica nanoparticles [72] and laponite or montmorillonite clay platelets [80,130,131]. As mentioned earlier, we were also able to construct lipid-hydrogel hybrid systems and demonstrate their potential for loading and release of functional molecules in a sustained manner [128] (Figure 8).…”

“…A wide range of stabilizers [76] have been used for O/W emulsions including surfactants [66], silica nanoparticles [79], clay platelets [80] and carbon nanotubes [81,82]. The pluronic F127, a triblock The primary components of O/W nanostructured emulsions are: lipid, stabilizer and water ( Figure 5).…”

“…Recently we have prepared O/W emulsion using a food material, butter oil, which is a cheap and abundant source of lipid molecules [78]. A wide range of stabilizers [76] have been used for O/W emulsions including surfactants [66], silica nanoparticles [79], clay platelets [80] and carbon nanotubes [81,82]. The pluronic F127, a triblock co-polymer has been very popular stabilizer for nanostructured emulsions among others [74,83] ( Figure 5).…”

“…The temperature [119,120], the pressure [119], an effective charge [72,80,121] or the pH [122] can also cause structural transitions in the self-assembled nanostructures of lipid particles. The type of internal nanostructure is important because it can determine the possibility and efficiency of the encapsulation of functional molecules within the lipid system.…”

Interdigitated Lamella and Bicontinuous Cubic Phases Formation from Natural Cyclic Surfactin and Its Linear Derivative

“…From the diffractogram, the linear form of the surfactin was found to exhibit a bicontinuous cubic V 2 phase of the symmetry Pn3m diamond type, Q D . The Pn3m phase was identified with peaks of spacing ratios √2: √3: √4: √6: √8 18 , and including inverted hexagonal structure H 2 whose spacing ratios were √2: √3: √4 triangle in Fig. 2 b at the LS concentration of 70 wt as reported in other systems such as glyceryl monooleate GMO /water mixtures 19 .…”