Synthesis and liquid-crystalline properties of novel archaeal diether-type glycolipids possessing one or two furanosyl units

Thermotropic behavior of asymmetric chain length catanionic surfactants: The influence of the polar head group

“…Their rich thermotropic mesomorphism is thus comparable to that of other amphiphilic mesogens such as, inter alia, lipids [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] and metal soaps [34,35]. For the compounds studied in this work, there is a general tendency for the fusion process to follow this order: crystalline solid-soft crystal-SmB-SmA-liquid.…”

Thermotropic phase behavior of triple-chained catanionic surfactants with varying headgroup chemistry

“…Besides the lyotropic behavior, catanionics also display fairly interesting thermotropic behavior, exhibiting a stepwise melting from the solid crystalline to the liquid phase [8,[23][24][25]. The formation of thermotropic liquid crystalline (lc) phases by certain classes of amphiphiles has been known and studied for some time, in particular for lipids [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and metallic soaps [35,36]. Both the lyotropic and thermotropic behavior of amphiphiles are directly connected to molecular chemistry and geometric shape [31,37,38].…”

Recent knowledge and innovations related to hexofuranosides: structure, synthesis and applications

“…32) and studied their physical properties. [233][234][235][236][237][238][239] Among them, some compounds with the capacity to self-assemble into monolayer systems are currently under investigation for the encapsulation and the delivery of biomaterials.…”