title: The effect of octyl glucoside on the lamellar phase of diluted C12E4 and alcohol systems.
abstract: A systematic study on phase behavior of the mixture of nonionic surfactants with alcohols at 30.0+/-0.1 degrees C was carried out. The total surfactant concentration was kept to 0.1 M varying the mole ratio of n-octyl beta-d-glucopyranoside (OG) and tetraethylene glycol monododecyl ether. Two uniphasic regions were found, the lamellar phase at low OG mole fraction and micelles at high OG mole fraction. The presence of OG favors the lamellae-micelle transition. Alkanols and benzyl alcohol were used as cosurfactants. The more hydrophobic alcohols (octanol and decanol) increase the OG content in the mixed bilayers. On the contrary, benzyl alcohol is not as favorable to the OG incorporation in the lamellar phase as in the mixed micelles. The L(3) phase has only been found as a uniphasic region with hexanol.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28871 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Granizo
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thunig
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Valiente