Lyotropic liquid crystals from palm oil-based monoacylglycerols: the effects of tempering and monoacylglycerol concentrations

Lyotropic liquid crystal dispersions made of palm oil-based monoacylglycerols are considered novel wall materials for encapsulation technology, but their stability is often quite low due to late crystallization. To overcome this disadvantage, a tempering step (at 40℃) was applied to the gel phases made of different palm stearin–based monoacylglycerols (distilled and non-distilled) and the formation of lyotropic liquid crystals as well as the rheological properties of their dispersions (7% and...