Lyotropic liquid crystalline phases of a phytosterol ethoxylate in amide solvents. 2013

Xiu Yue, and Xiao Chen, and Qintang Li, and Zhihong Li
Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan 250100, China.

Materials exhibiting unique aggregation behavior in nonaqueous solvents have attracted attention due to their wide applications. Motivated by this recent interest, the aggregation properties of a phytosterol ethoxylate surfactant, BPS-10, in three organic amide compounds, formamide (FA), N-methylformamide (NMF), and N,N-dimethyl- formamide (DMF), have been studied. Polarized optical microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering techniques were used to investigate the lyotropic liquid crystalline (LLC) phases formed in these binary systems. Herein, we discuss the relationship between subtle intermolecular interactions and the aggregation behavior of BPS-10. As good proton donors or acceptors to form hydrogen bonding, FA molecules allow BPS-10 to show a richer phase behavior. Compared with the systems formed in water and ionic liquids, the LLCs constructed in FA have higher thermal stability. In addition, two kinds of lamellar phases could coexist in a narrow region. With the methyl replacement in formamide, however, the ability to form hydrogen bonds is reduced and the solvent bulk phase structure becomes less ordered from FA to DMF. Consequently, the solvophobic interaction of BPS-10 becomes weaker, and the LLCs are more difficult to form. In addition, the extra strong interactions between the steroid rings of BPS-10 may provide enough driving force to produce the hexagonal phase (H1) directly in NMF and DMF without micelle formation, thereby creating a novel sequence (isotropic → H1 → Lα) of ordered phases with increasing surfactant concentration. The results discussed herein should prove to be a useful complement to the growing body of literature regarding steroid surfactant aggregation in polar organic solvents.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008027 Light That portion of the electromagnetic spectrum in the visible, ultraviolet, and infrared range. Light, Visible,Photoradiation,Radiation, Visible,Visible Radiation,Photoradiations,Radiations, Visible,Visible Light,Visible Radiations
D008859 Microscopy, Polarization Microscopy using polarized light in which phenomena due to the preferential orientation of optical properties with respect to the vibration plane of the polarized light are made visible and correlated parameters are made measurable. Microscopy, Polarized Light,Polarization Microscopy,Light Microscopies, Polarized,Light Microscopy, Polarized,Microscopies, Polarization,Microscopies, Polarized Light,Polarization Microscopies,Polarized Light Microscopies,Polarized Light Microscopy
D010840 Phytosterols A class of organic compounds known as sterols or STEROIDS derived from plants. Plant Sterols,Phytosteroid,Phytosteroids,Phytosterol,Plant Steroid,Plant Steroids,Plant Sterol,Steroid, Plant,Steroids, Plant,Sterol, Plant,Sterols, Plant
D004126 Dimethylformamide A formamide in which the amino hydrogens are replaced by methyl groups. N,N-Dimethylformamide,N,N Dimethylformamide
D005559 Formamides A group of amides with the general formula of R-CONH2.
D006860 Hydrogen Bonding A low-energy attractive force between hydrogen and another element. It plays a major role in determining the properties of water, proteins, and other compounds. Hydrogen Bonds,Bond, Hydrogen,Hydrogen Bond
D012997 Solvents Liquids that dissolve other substances (solutes), generally solids, without any change in chemical composition, as, water containing sugar. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed) Solvent
D013501 Surface-Active Agents Agents that modify interfacial tension of water; usually substances that have one lipophilic and one hydrophilic group in the molecule; includes soaps, detergents, emulsifiers, dispersing and wetting agents, and several groups of antiseptics. Surface Active Agent,Surface-Active Agent,Surfactant,Surfactants,Tenside,Amphiphilic Agents,Surface Active Agents,Tensides,Active Agent, Surface,Active Agents, Surface,Agent, Surface Active,Agent, Surface-Active,Agents, Amphiphilic,Agents, Surface Active,Agents, Surface-Active
D050866 Liquid Crystals Materials in intermediate state between solid and liquid. Liquid Crystalline Materials,Mesomorphous Phase Materials,Crystal, Liquid,Crystals, Liquid,Liquid Crystal,Material, Mesomorphous Phase,Materials, Mesomorphous Phase,Mesomorphous Phase Material
D053838 Scattering, Small Angle Scattering of a beam of electromagnetic or acoustic RADIATION, or particles, at small angles by particles or cavities whose dimensions are many times as large as the wavelength of the radiation or the de Broglie wavelength of the scattered particles. Also know as low angle scattering. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Small angle scattering (SAS) techniques, small angle neutron (SANS), X-ray (SAXS), and light (SALS, or just LS) scattering, are used to characterize objects on a nanoscale. Small Angle Scattering,Low Angle Scattering,Scattering, Low Angle,Angle Scattering, Low,Angle Scatterings, Low,Low Angle Scatterings,Scatterings, Low Angle

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