Phase behavior of surfactant mixtures and the effect of alkyl chain and temperature on lyotropic liquid crystal

Synthesis and mesomorphic characterization of novel amphotropic steroidal esters

“…8 Among various kinds of polar linkers or peripheral side chains reported, ethyleneoxy/ethylene glycol (EG) chains alone can induce polar interactions. 9,10 The polar interactions of these tails are generally governed by parameters such as polarity, polarizability, flexibility, shape, and size. Due to the presence of dual nature in a single molecule, amphiphilic mesogens can exhibit both thermotropic and lyotropic LC phases, in which the lyotropic behavior varies as a function of the nature of the solvent and the temperature.…”