We report synthesis of colloidal solutions of ferrite nanoparticles in the surfactant micellar
system potassium laurate/1-decanol/water within its region of nematic order. The obtained …

Measurements of the order-parameter critical exponent β at the uniaxial-biaxial nematic
phase transition in a lyotropic mixture are reported. They reveal a strong dependence of β …

Atypicallyotropic System consists of an aqueous mixture of ionic amphiphilic molecules.
Amphiphilic molecules can be visualized as consisting of a hydrophobic and a hydrophilic …

Conductance measurements on aligned samples of lyotropic liquid crystals provide insight
into the structure of these phases. The article reviews conductance measurements in the …

Lyotropic liquid crystals are formed by concentrated mixtures of amphiphiles in water. The
generic phases and phase diagrams are described, together with the experimental methods …