title: Effect of a neutral water-soluble polymer on the lamellar phase of a zwitterionic surfactant system.
abstract: We have studied the effect of adding a water-soluble polymers (PEG) to the lamellar phases of the ternary system tetradecyldimethylaminoxide (C14DMAO)-hexanol-water. The results of Freeze-Fracture Electron Microscopy (FFEM) and Small Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS) experiments show that the addition of the polymer induces the spontaneous formation of highly monodisperse multilayered vesicles above a threshold polymer concentration.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidad de Sonora, Apdo. Postal 1626, 83000 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. maldona@fisica.uson.mx
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Esparza
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ober
authors.forename: Thaddée
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gulik-Krzywicki
authors.forename: Wladimir
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Urbach
authors.forename: Claudine E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Williams