Swelling and Dissolution of onion phases: The effect of temperature

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2000-09-20

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0009305v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

1 textfile, 8 figures (ps), to appear in Colloids and Surfaces

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Contact experiments have been performed between an onion lamellar phase and brine, in the SDS/octanol/brine system. Using video microscopy we have studied the nonequilibrium behaviour of the swelling and dissolution process of onions. Experiments at T=20degC and 30degC showed that temperature has a strong effect on their bahaviour. At low temperature onions are observed to diffuse away from the onion phase and only swell slightly. However by increasing the temperature we induce the formation of the sponge phase at the onion/brine interface. Onions that initailly swell then dissolve into sponge phase expel a stable core which moves to the micellar phase and remains stable there. Over a longer period of time (several days) we have also observed coalescence leading to the formation of large onions of up to 100microns in diameter. These huge onions have a radial distribution of domains, or solvent cavities, within them.

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