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ABSTRACT
Most of the literature on lyotropic liquid crystals of moderate size amphiphilic molecules has been concerned with aqueous systems; the only exception being the early observation by Winsor that some amphiphiles formed liquid crystals in their native state at room temperature.
Recently, a whole series of liquid crystalline structures has been introduced in which water has been replaced with a polar organic solvent to bring the mesomorphic state.
A short review is given about the structure and dynamics in such systems.