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    Introduction and General Theory of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

    Amphilic molecules incorporate two antagonistic chemical functions. One part of the molecule is very soluble in water (hydrophilic) and another part is very soluble in an organic solvent (hydrophobic). Due to ...

    D. Roux in Phase Transitions in Liquid Crystals (1992)

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    The Sponge State: A Striking Isotropic Liquid Phase

    Surfactants in solution may associate into two-dimensional aggregates (membranes) which self-organize either in liquid crystalline phases or, more surprisingly, in a liquid isotropic phase made of connected bi...

    D. Roux, M. E. Cates in Dynamics and Patterns in Complex Fluids (1990)