title: Self-organizing properties of natural and related synthetic glycolipids.
abstract: In this article we report on the syntheses, self-organizing properties, and structures of a variety of cerebrosides and related synthetic glycolipids. The thermotropic and lyotropic liquid crystalline properties of the materials were evaluated in detail. All of the families of materials studied exhibited columnar mesophases. In the dry state the aliphatic chains were found to be located on the exterior of the columns, whereas in the wet state the reverse was the case with the polar headgroups on the exterior. Thus, the aliphatic chains act almost like hydrocarbon solvents in the dry state.
authors.affiliation: Universite Lyon 1, Chimie Physique Electronique de Lyon, 43 Bd du11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: Fabienne
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dumoulin
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lafont
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boullanger
authors.forename: Grahame
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: Georg H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Mehl
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Goodby
mesh_terms: D002554:Cerebrosides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D002554:Cerebrosides