@inproceedings{df6629c1b59f4138b1a663b5a5e7a9ff,
title = "Metastability of Multi-Lamellar Vesicles in a Nonionic System",
abstract = "Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and rheological analysis have been used to investigate the stability of mechanically induced tri-ethylene-glycol-mono-n-decyl-ether (C10E3)/deuterium oxide (D2O) multi-lamellar vesicles (MLVs) and the transition from MLVs to planar lamellae. It was found that MLVs prepared by vortex stirring, relax back to the lamellar phase in a few hours while the relaxation of the shear induced MLVs takes days. Pulsed gradient spin echo and water self-diffusion coefficient experiments, revealed that the MLVs texture, obtained by vortex stirring, is composed of large size structures. These data indicate that the kinetics of lamellar re-formation depend on the MLVs number density.",
keywords = "rheo-NMR, MLVs, C10E3, relaxation time, lamellar phase",
author = "Luigi Filippelli and Bruno Medronho and Rossi, {Cesare Oliviero} and Miguel, {Maria G.} and Ulf Olsson",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1080/15421400802714114",
language = "English",
volume = "500",
publisher = "Taylor & Francis",
pages = "166--181",
booktitle = "Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals",
address = "United Kingdom",
note = "8th National Meeting of the Italian-Liquid-Crystal-Society ; Conference date: 04-06-2008 Through 07-06-2008",
}