Fluorescence visualization and modeling of a micelle-free zone formed at the interface between an oil and an aqueous micellar phase during interfacial surfactant transport

This study examines the transport of surfactant that occurs when an aqueous micellar phase is placed in contact with a clean oil phase in which the surfactant is soluble. Upon contact with oil, surfactant monomer on the aqueous side of the interface adsorbs onto the oil/water interface and subsequen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 26(2010), 20 vom: 19. Okt., Seite 15761-78
1. Verfasser: Bhole, Nikhil S (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Huang, Fenfen, Maldarelli, Charles
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2010
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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