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(a) (b) (c)

20 nm 50 nm 20 nm

(d) (e)

50 nm 10 nm

Figure 4.15 AFM non - contact - mode images of Q II phases in excess water. All are height images, except (b) and
(e), which show phase. (a) and (d) are from monoolein and (b), (c), and (e) from phytantriol. Unit cell lattices have
been drawn. Using the right-hand axis convention, with lattice vectors listed anticlockwise about the obtuse angle,
the dimensions of these lattices are as follows: (a) 14.4 nm, 12.8 nm, 120°; (b) 8.3 nm, 6.9 nm, 120°; (c) 14.2 nm,
14.2 nm, 92°; (d) 25.0 nm, 15.3 nm, 115°; and (e) 19.7 nm, 13.6 nm, 100° (Rittman et al., 2010).