Phase diagram of palm oil based on glucosides: article

Liquid crystals self-assembly have received much attention in bio-medical, bio-food, and nanotechnology applications. Glycolipids are a class of amphiphiles in the colloid and interface science field and progressively gaining importance both technically and scientifically. Glycolipids (monosaccharide/glucose) have been used as surfactant. Glucosides Palm Oil (GPO) is a non-ionic surfactant. It also is known as alky glucosides. Polarizing optical microscope has been used to study the phase behaviors of this compound in phase diagram. The thermotropic liquid-crystalline and lyotropic liquid-crystalline behavior were characterized. Although, the phase diagram of GPO constructed and showed phase at lower to higher concentration regime. They probably displayed anisotropic and isotropic of thermotropic liquid structure. They also probably exhibited lamellar phase, cubic phase, hexagonal phase, miscellar phase of lyotropic liquid crystal structure.