title: Self assembly of anastomosis-like superstructures in fatty acid/guanidine hydrochloride aqueous dispersions.
abstract: A mixture between 1% sodium myristate and guanidine hydrochloride at a molar ratio of 1 in water forms a gel of membranes below a phase transition of ca. 21 degrees C and a viscous limpid and isotropic solution above. As observed by both TEM and AFM, we report the formation of interconnected superstructures in that latter phase. Those assemblies exhibit a size of ca. 4-40 nm width and several tens of mum length with unexpected disconnections and re-connections between them having the appearance of an anastomosis-like superstructure.
authors.affiliation: UR1268 Biopolymères Interactions Assemblages, INRA équipe ISD, rue de la Géraudière, 44316 Nantes, France. jean-paul.douliez@nantes.inra.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Douliez
authors.forename: Bérénice
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Houinsou-Houssou
authors.forename: Anne-Laure
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fameau
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Novales
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaillard
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D019791:Guanidine / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008958:Models, Molecular; D019814:Myristic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D044367:Phase Transition; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D014867:Water; D019814:Myristic Acid; D019791:Guanidine