Abstract
Dispersed nonlamellar lipid phases offer one of the most important contemporary ways for the development of new
materials for drug delivery vehicles. The structure of self-assembled vehicles of an inverted hexagonal type liquid crystalline
(LC) lipid phase was investigated by means of small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), quasi-elastic light scattering (QELS),
and cross-polarised light optical microscopy (POM). A notable difference was established between the SAXS patterns of the
bulk inverted hexagonal (HII) phase and the corresponding nanoparticles (NPs) dispersion. The structure of the hexosome
NPs appeared to be more hydrated than that of the bulk HII phase. Both systems were stable at room temperature.
