Viscoelasticity of the onion phase

P Panizza, D Roux, V Vuillaume, C Y D Lu, M E Cates

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Abstract

We studied the viscoelasticity of two lyotropic lamellar systems prepared in the so-called ''onion phase''. This state consists of monodisperse multilamellar vesicles filling up space. The elastic (G') modulus is measured as a function of the frequency in the linear regime (small amplitude of the oscillations) for different onion sizes and characteristic distances between membranes. The results are interpreted in terms of the elastic deformation of smectic beads.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)248-252
Number of pages5
JournalLangmuir
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jan 1996

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