Abstract:
We present NMR diffusion measurements of n-alkyl ammonium salts-water systems (with n = 10, 12, 14) in their isotropic, lamellar and hexagonal liquid crystalline phases. Our experimental data are explained in terms of non-restricted and restricted diffusion of water molecules. Using the model of Mitra for restricted diffusion of molecules we were able to determine the Surface to Volume Ratios in lamellar phases, which were decreasing with increasing temperature.
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