Microemulsions as model systems
(2009) In Comptes Rendus. Chimie 12(1-2). p.4-17- Abstract
- It is demonstrated how microemulsions can be used as model systems to study a range of fundamental liquid state phenomena. By carefully characterizing a single ternary system it is possible to obtain both a qualitative understanding and a quantitative description using the concept of the curvature energy of the surfactant film at the water-oil interface. We demonstrate the approach on the following problems: calculation of the oil-water interfacial free energy; nucleation; Ostwald ripening; solubilization kinetics; the Hofmeister effect; macroemulsion stability; vesicle fusion and fission. For all these phenomena it is demonstrated that one can by combining experimental studies on water-oil-nonionic surfactant systems with a careful... (More)
- It is demonstrated how microemulsions can be used as model systems to study a range of fundamental liquid state phenomena. By carefully characterizing a single ternary system it is possible to obtain both a qualitative understanding and a quantitative description using the concept of the curvature energy of the surfactant film at the water-oil interface. We demonstrate the approach on the following problems: calculation of the oil-water interfacial free energy; nucleation; Ostwald ripening; solubilization kinetics; the Hofmeister effect; macroemulsion stability; vesicle fusion and fission. For all these phenomena it is demonstrated that one can by combining experimental studies on water-oil-nonionic surfactant systems with a careful theoretical analysis obtain an understanding that goes beyond what has been achieved using conventional systems. To cite this article: H. Wennerstrom, U. Olsson, C R. Chimie 12 (2009). (C) 2008 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. (Less)
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- Wennerström, Håkan LU and Olsson, Ulf LU
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- 2009
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- Contribution to journal
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- keywords
- Membrane fusion, Emulsion stability, Hofmeister series, Ostwald ripening, Nucleation, Microemulsion, Interfacial tension
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- Comptes Rendus. Chimie
- volume
- 12
- issue
- 1-2
- pages
- 4 - 17
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- Elsevier
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- wos:000263789800003
- scopus:59249104571
- ISSN
- 1631-0748
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.crci.2008.08.011
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- English
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abstract = {{It is demonstrated how microemulsions can be used as model systems to study a range of fundamental liquid state phenomena. By carefully characterizing a single ternary system it is possible to obtain both a qualitative understanding and a quantitative description using the concept of the curvature energy of the surfactant film at the water-oil interface. We demonstrate the approach on the following problems: calculation of the oil-water interfacial free energy; nucleation; Ostwald ripening; solubilization kinetics; the Hofmeister effect; macroemulsion stability; vesicle fusion and fission. For all these phenomena it is demonstrated that one can by combining experimental studies on water-oil-nonionic surfactant systems with a careful theoretical analysis obtain an understanding that goes beyond what has been achieved using conventional systems. To cite this article: H. Wennerstrom, U. Olsson, C R. Chimie 12 (2009). (C) 2008 Academie des sciences. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.}},
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keywords = {{Membrane fusion; Emulsion stability; Hofmeister series; Ostwald ripening; Nucleation; Microemulsion; Interfacial tension}},
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title = {{Microemulsions as model systems}},
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