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Inverse hexagonal and cubic micellar lyotropic liquid crystalline phase behaviour of novel double chain sugar-based
George C Feast1, Thomas Lepitre1, Nhiem Tran2
1CSIRO Manufacturing, Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, VIC, 3169, Australia.
Abstract:
The lyotropic phase behaviour of a library of sugar-based amphiphiles was investigated using high-throughput small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). Double unsaturated-chain monosaccharide amphiphiles formed inverse hexagonal and cubic micellar (Fd3m) lyotropic phases under excess water conditions. A galactose-oleyl amphiphile from the library was subsequently formulated into hexosome nanoparticles, which have potential uses as drug delivery vehicles. The nanoparticles were shown to be stable at elevated temperatures and non-cytotoxic up to at least 200μgmL-1.
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