Hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystalline mesophase: change of rod-like micelle sizes with changes in concentrations

Abstract

In the present work, change of rod-like micelle sizes with change of amphiphile concentration in hexagonal mesophase and the effect of inorganic salt additions on the effective length of these micelles have been studied. The investigations were made by the using of electrical conductivity method in shear flow. The dependence of form factor on the anisometricity parameter of rod-like micelles were determined for investigated lyotropic systems. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.