Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architectures: Lyotropic Liquid Crystals

Preface vii

Contributors xi

1. Physics of Self-Assembly of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals 1
Raffaele Mezzenga

2. Rheological Theory and Simulation of Surfactant Nematic Liquid Crystals 21
Alejandro D. Rey and E. E. Herrera-Valencia

3. Dividing Planes of Hexagonal HII Mesophase 79
Vesselin Kolev, Abraham Aserin, and Nissim Garti

4. Nanocharacterization of Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Systems 97
Patrick G. Hartley and Hsin-Hui Shen

5. Self-Assembly in Lipidic Particles 129
Anan Yaghmur and Otto Glatter

6. Hierarchically Organized Systems Based on Liquid Crystalline Phases 157
Chandrashekhar V. Kulkarni and Otto Glatter

7. Synthesis and Alignment of Nanostructured Materials Using Liquid Crystals 193
Idit Amar-Yuli, Abraham Aserin, and Nissim Garti

8. Recent Developments in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals as Drug Delivery Vehicles 219
Dima Libster, Abraham Aserin, and Nissim Garti

9. Stimuli-Responsive Lipid-Based Self-Assembled Systems 257
Ben J. Boyd and Wye-Khay Fong

10. Nonlamellar Lipid Liquid Crystalline Structures at Interfaces 289
Debby P. Chang and Tommy Nylander

11. Multicompartment Lipid Nanocarriers for Targeting of Cells Expressing Brain Receptors 319
Claire Géral, Angelina Angelova, Borislav Angelov, Valérie Nicolas, and Sylviane Lesieur

Index 357