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hexagonal phases have water within the cylindrical aggregates and the hydrocarbon chains fill the voids between the hexagonally packed cylinders. Normal topology hexagonal phases are denoted by H
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molecules are aggregated into cylindrical structures of indefinite length and these cylindrical aggregates are disposed on a hexagonal lattice, giving the phase long-range orientational order.
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YashRoy R.C. (1990) Lamellar dispersion and phase separation of chloroplast membrane lipids by negative staining electron microscopy. Journal of Biosciences, vol.15(2), pp. 93-98.
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is formed by some amphiphilic molecules when they are mixed with water or another polar solvent. In this phase, the
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Schematic of the molecular organisation in a type I hexagonal lyotropic liquid crystalline phase.
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in aqueous dispersions can be easily identified and characterized by
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tertiary to Hexagonal Phases
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mosaic/focal conic optical texture of type I hexagonal phase
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while inverse topology hexagonal phases are denoted by H
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lyotropic liquid crystal
amphiphile
normal topology
type I amphiphiles
mean curvature
Inverse topology
polarization microscopy
birefringence
lipid bilayer phase behavior
lipid polymorphism
negative staining
smokey optical texture of type I hexagonal phase
mosaic optical texture of type I hexagonal phase
mosaic/focal conic optical texture of type I hexagonal phase
Lamellar phase
Lipid polymorphism
Micelle

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