Title

Lag-burst kinetics of surfactant displacement from the liquid crystal/aqueous interface by bile acids

Authors

Authors

S. H. He; J. N. Deng; J. Y. Fang;S. T. Wu

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. Asp.

Keywords

Bile acids; Surfactants; Liquid crystals; Displacement; Kinetics; SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; CRYSTALS; SALTS; ALIGNMENT; BALANCE; LIPASE; Chemistry, Physical

Abstract

Bile acids play an important role in fat digestion by displacing surfactants from the oil water interface through emulsification. In this paper, we study the time course of the displacement of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) from the liquid crystal (LC)/aqueous interface by four unconjugated bile acids, which differ in the number and position of hydroxyl groups on their steroid backbones. The competitive adsorption of bile acids displaces the SDS from the LC/aqueous interface and consequently triggers a homeotropic-to-tilted anchoring transition of the LC at the interface, which allows the displacement kinetics to be monitored by a polarizing optical microscope. The microscopy image analysis reveals that the displacement exhibits lag-burst kinetics, where a lag phase is followed by a burst phase. We find that the number and position of the hydroxyl groups of bile acids have significant impact on the lag time and burst rate of the displacement kinetics. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Colloids and Surfaces a-Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volume

471

Publication Date

1-1-2015

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

148

Last Page

152

WOS Identifier

WOS:000353425800019

ISSN

0927-7757

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