Physics of Self -Assembly of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals - Self-Assembled Supramolecular Architectures: Lyotropic Liquid Crystals - page 12

(a)

0.20 0.90

φ 0 state lipid
φ 1 state lipid
φ w,free

0.88

0.18

0.86

0.16

0.14 0.84

0.82

0.12

L α la3d II H II

0.10 0.80

0.78

0.08

0.76

0.06

0.04 0.74

0.72

0.02

0.0 0.20 0.70

0.21 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.30

-1/F b

(b)

0.30
0.28
0.26
0.24
0.22
0.20
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.08
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.00

0.90
0.88
0.86
0.84
0.82
0.80
0.78
0.76
0.74
0.72
0.70
0.68
0.66
0.64
0.62
0.60

φ 0 state lipid

φ 1 state lipid
φ w,free

FI L α la3d II 2 phase

0.10 0.11 0.12 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.20 0.21

φ w,tot

Figure 1.8 Prediction of the volume fraction of free water, H-bonded lipid, and
H-bond free lipids, as a function of (a) temperature and (b) composition. [Reproduced
with permission from Lee et al. (2007).]