The central aim is to understand how liquid crystalline order impacts the crystallisation process in mixed surfactant systems.
Examined mixed surfactant systems composed of SDS and DDAO.
Analyzed crystallisation induction times in the presence of liquid crystalline order.
Liquid crystalline order resulted in increased crystallisation induction times.
The presence of a kinetically hindered intermediate state was identified.
Abstract
Liquid crystalline ordering in mixed SDS/DDAO surfactant systems creates a kinetically hindered intermediate state that dramatically increases crystallisation induction times.