Physics of Amphiphilic Layers: Proceedings of the Workshop, Les Houches, France February 10–19, 1987

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Molecular Theory for Amphiphile Packing and Elastic Properties of Monolayers and Bilayers....Pages 2-8
Chain Packing and the Compressional Elasticity of Surfactant Films....Pages 9-12
Dynamics of Phase Transitions in Langmuir Monolayers of Polar Molecules....Pages 13-19
Investigation of Phase Transitions in Fatty Acid Monolayers by Fluorescence Microscopy....Pages 20-24
Polymorphism of Monolayers of Monomeric and Macromolecular Lipids: On the Defect Structure of Crystalline Phases and the Possibility of Hexatic Order Formation....Pages 25-37
Surface-Density Transitions, Surface Elasticity and Rigidity, and Rupture Strength of Lipid Bilayer Membranes....Pages 38-57
Equilibrium Configurations of Fluid Membranes....Pages 58-63
Dynamics of Drying and Film-Thinning....Pages 64-71
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Curvature and Fluctuations of Amphiphilic Membranes....Pages 74-79
Fluctuations and Interactions Between Membranes....Pages 80-96
Tangential Flows in Fluid Membranes and Their Effect on the Softening of Curvature Rigidity with Scale....Pages 97-97
Unbinding of Membranes....Pages 98-105
Elasticity of Crystalline and Hexatic Membranes....Pages 106-112
Fluctuations on Crystal Surfaces....Pages 113-117
Surface Tension and Rigidity: Role of the Fluctuations and Optical Measurements....Pages 118-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Geometrical Basis of Cubic Structures....Pages 126-129
Periodic Surfaces of Prescribed Mean Curvature....Pages 130-130
The Cubic Phases of Liquid-Containing Systems: Physical Structure and Biological Implications....Pages 131-137
Interactions in Lyotropic Lamellar Phases: A High Resolution X-Ray Study....Pages 138-144
Stability of Brine Swollen Lamellar Phases....Pages 145-152
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Phase Diagram of Lamellar Phases: Rigidity and Curvature....Pages 153-158
Edge Dislocations and Elasticity in Swollen Lamellar Phases....Pages 159-163
Lamellar Lyotropic Phases: Rheology, Defects....Pages 164-170
On the Coexistence of Two Lamellar Phases....Pages 171-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Long Range Interactions Between Lipid Bilayers in Salt Solutions and Solutions of Non-Adsorbant Polymers: Comparison of Mean-Field Theory with Direct Measurements....Pages 178-198
Niosomes: A Case in the Design of Lipid Vesicles....Pages 199-201
Direct Visualization of Amphiphilic Phases by Video Enhanced Microscopy and Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscopy....Pages 202-206
Spontaneous Formation of Vesicular Structures from a Swollen Lamellar Phase by Dilution and Control of Surface Charge Density....Pages 207-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Scattering of Concentrated Dispersions of Colloidal Particles: Microemulsion Droplets, Polydisperse Hard Spheres and Charged Hard Spheres....Pages 212-212
Self-diffusion of Globules....Pages 213-219
Dynamics of Charged Systems....Pages 220-223
Counterion Complexation. Ion Specificity in the Diffuse Double Layer of Surfactant and Classical Colloids....Pages 224-228
Light Scattering Experiments on Interacting Micelles....Pages 229-234
Nonionic Micelles....Pages 235-240
SANS Study of Structure, Growth, and Polydispersity of Short-Chain Lecithin Micellar Systems. A Ladder Model Analysis....Pages 241-252
Theory of Thermodynamic Properties and Phase Separation of Micellar Solutions with Upper and Lower Consolute Points....Pages 253-258
Electric Birefringence of Nonionic Micellar Solutions Near the Cloud Point....Pages 259-260
Aspects of the Statistical Thermodynamics of Amphiphilic Solutions....Pages 261-267
Rheological Properties of Semi-Dilute Micellar Systems....Pages 268-271
Shear Induced Micellar Structures....Pages 272-277
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Dynamics of Intermicellar Exchanges....Pages 278-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
A Statistical Mechanical Model for Microemulsions....Pages 286-290
Middle-Phase Microemulsions and Random Surfaces....Pages 291-297
Intimations of Bicontinuity in Microemulsion Theory....Pages 298-309
Microemulsions and Their Precursors....Pages 310-327
Three-Component Microemulsion Structure: Curvature and Geometric Constraints....Pages 328-333
Transition of Rodlike to Globular Micelles by the Solubilization of Additives....Pages 334-345
A Study of Dynamics of Microemulsion Droplets by Neutron Spin Echo Spectroscopy....Pages 346-352
Images of Bicontinuous Microemulsions by Freeze Fracture Electron Microscopy....Pages 353-356
Molecular Self-Diffusion and Microemulsion Bicontinuity....Pages 357-363
Scattering Probes of Microemulsion Structure....Pages 364-371
Small-Angle Scattering on Microemulsion Systems. Evidence for an Ordered Bicontinuous Structure....Pages 372-382
Relation Between Elasticity of Surfactant Layers and Characteristic Sizes in Microemulsions....Pages 383-387
Phase Behavior of Quinary Systems: The $$\tilde X$$ Surface....Pages 388-389
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Fractal Flow Patterns in Porous Media....Pages 392-398
Back Matter....Pages 399-402