X-ray characterization of self-assembled long-chain phosphatidylcholine/bile salt/silica mesostructured films with nanoscale homogeneity.
A bile salt (sodium taurodeoxycholate, NaTDC) was used to prevent phase separation between silica and lipid in self-assembled long-chain diacyl phosphatidylcholine/SiO(2) films. Phase diagrams for NaTDC/didecanoyl phosphatidylcholine/SiO(2) and NaTDC/egg phosphatidylcholine/SiO(2) films were investigated through grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering at a synchrotron source.
The University of New Mexico/NSF Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131, USA.
Darren R
DR
Dunphy
Fred L
FL
Garcia
Zhang
Z
Jiang
Joseph
J
Strzalka
Jin
J
Wang
C Jeffrey
CJ
Brinker
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D053838:Scattering, Small Angle; D012822:Silicon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D017356:Synchrotrons; D013657:Taurodeoxycholic Acid / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods*
D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013657:Taurodeoxycholic Acid; D012822:Silicon Dioxide