Transmission electron microscopy as a tool for the characterization of soft materials: application and interpretation

LE Franken, EJ Boekema, MCA Stuart - Advanced Science, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides direct structural information on nano‐
structured materials and is popular as a characterization tool in soft matter and …

Ionic liquid-induced aggregate formation and their applications

R Dutta, S Kundu, N Sarkar - Biophysical Reviews, 2018‏ - Springer
In the last two decades, researchers have extensively studied highly stable and ordered
supramolecular assembly formation using oppositely charged surfactants. Thereafter …

[HTML][HTML] Niosomal nanocarriers for enhanced skin delivery of quercetin with functions of anti-tyrosinase and antioxidant

B Lu, Y Huang, Z Chen, J Ye, H Xu, W Chen, X Long - Molecules, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
This study aimed to screen an effective flavonoid with promising whitening and antioxidant
capacities, and design flavonoid-loaded niosomes to improve its solubility, stability, and …

Wettability alteration of locally synthesized cationic gemini surfactants on carbonate rock

X Deng, MS Kamal, S Patil, SMS Hussain… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Carbonate reservoirs are mostly oil-wet and tend to be naturally fractured, leaving a large
portion of oil inside the rock matrix after secondary recovery. Cationic surfactants that …

A comparative study of the influence of sugars sucrose, trehalose, and maltose on the hydration and diffusion of DMPC lipid bilayer at complete hydration …

A Roy, R Dutta, N Kundu, D Banik, N Sarkar - Langmuir, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
It is well-known that sugars protect membrane structures against fusion and leakage. Here,
we have investigated the interaction between different sugars (sucrose, trehalose, and …

Cationic imidazolium amphiphiles bearing a methoxyphenyl fragment: Synthesis, self-assembly behavior, and antimicrobial activity

DA Kuznetsova, DM Kuznetsov, SK Amerhanova… - Langmuir, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Novel cationic amphiphiles of the 3-alkyl-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1 H-imidazol-3-ium bromide
series bearing methoxyphenyl fragments (MPI-n) have been synthesized. Their aggregation …

Self-assembly of amphiphiles into vesicles and fibrils: investigation of structure and dynamics using spectroscopy and microscopy techniques

N Kundu, D Banik, N Sarkar - Langmuir, 2018‏ - ACS Publications
Amphiphiles are a class of molecules which are known to assemble into a variety of
nanostructures. The understanding and applications of self-assembled systems are based …

[HTML][HTML] The spontaneous vesicle–micelle transition in a catanionic surfactant system: a chemical trap** study

Q Sun, J Gong, Y Sun, Y Song, C Liu, B Xu - Molecules, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Typically, the formation of vesicles requires the addition of salts or other additives to
surfactant micelles. However, in the case of catanionic surfactants, unilamellar vesicles can …

Interfacial and aggregation behavior of aqueous mixtures of imidazolium based surface active ionic liquids and anionic surfactant sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate

S Chabba, S Kumar, VK Aswal, TS Kang… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The present work aims to study the interactions of cationic surface active ionic liquids
(SAILs), 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride,([C n mim][Cl], where n= 8, 10 and 12) with …

Excited-state Photoacid: A molecular reporter for sensing vesicle to micelle transition

G Ghosh, R Ghosh, D Mukherjee, MN Hasan… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Excited-state proton transfer dynamics of 8-hydroxypyrene-1, 3, 6-trisulfonate (HPTS), a
photoacid (pK a∼ 7.7, pK a*∼ 0.5), was explored in various surfactant assemblies of …