Formation of Liquid-Crystal Phases in the Binary System Cetylpyridinium Bromide/N-Methylsydnone Studied by Light Microscopy and Small-Angle X-ray Diffraction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/j100386a022

Liquid-crystal phases were detected in the binary system cetylpyridinium bromide/N-methylsydnone by optical microscopy and small-angle X-ray diffraction.Surfactant self-aggregation can thus occur in aprotic solvents.Hydrogen bonding in solvents is thus not an essential requirement for molecular aggregation.