Thin Solid Films, Vol.284-285, 769-771, 1996
Highly Fluorinated Surfactants in Liposome Technology
The stability of liposomes was found to be considerably improved by the incorporation of perfluoroalkylated lipids. Therefore we have developed an easy synthesis procedure to obtain vesicle-forming perfluoroalkylated double-chain surfactants for liposome technology applications. This paper describes new fluorine-containing liposomes obtained by sonication of highly fluorinated mixed-chain surfactants and by gentle mixing of perfluoroalkylated cationic and anionic single-chain surfactants. The observation of liposomes by electron microscopy reveals the existence of unilamellar polydispersed aggregates whose mean sizes were measured by quasi-elastic light scattering.
Keywords:CATIONIC SURFACTANTS