Supercritical fluid swelling of liquid crystal films

Langmuir. 2008 Jun 1;24(13):6959-64. doi: 10.1021/la800073t. Epub 2008 May 30.

Abstract

The influence of liquid and supercritical carbon dioxide and liquid propane on the structural properties of both ionic and nonionic surfactant-based liquid crystal films is discussed in this paper. Swelling of the films, measured using in situ small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), was found to be dependent on the solubility of the propane/carbon dioxide in the micelles of the respective liquid crystals. Additionally, under certain pressure conditions the structural properties of some of the films were observed to change, ultimately leading to a loss of order in the micellar arrays of the liquid crystals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Liquid Crystals / chemistry*
  • Scattering, Small Angle

Substances

  • Carbon Dioxide