Abstract
A mean field theory is used to generate phase diagrams which include isotropic, nematic, hexagonal and lamellar states of surfactant/alcohol/water solutions. The relative stabilities of these different phases are explained, via simple scaling arguments, in terms of intramicellar alcohol partitioning and interaggregate interaction effects. Results are compared and contrasted with those familiar from earlier studies of thermotropic ('neat') liquid crystal systems and with recent theories of 'shape' transitions in micellar solutions.
| Original language | English |
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| State | Published - 1986 |
| Externally published | Yes |