title: A bilayer to monolayer phase transition in liquid crystal glycolipids.
abstract: Investigations of the thermotropic liquid-crystalline properties of 6,6'-di-O-stearoylsucrose show, for the first time, that glycolipids can exhibit phase transitions within the smectic A phase.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie Organique, INSA de Lyon, Bât, J. Verne, 20 Avenue A. Einstein, 69621, Villeurbanne cedex, France.
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Molinier
authors.forename: Paul H J
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Kouwer
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Queneau
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fitremann
authors.forename: Grahame
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: John W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Goodby
mesh_terms: D002151:Calorimetry; D003460:Crystallization; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044367:Phase Transition; D013395:Sucrose / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D006017:Glycolipids; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D013395:Sucrose