Clouding of nonionic surfactants
(2016) In Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science 22. p.23-29- Abstract
Nonionic surfactants have broad applications such as cleaning and dispersion stabilization, which frequently are hampered by strong temperature sensitivities. As manifested by clouding and decreased solubility with increasing temperature, the interaction between water and the oligo(oxyethylene) head-groups is becoming less favorable. Different aspects of surfactant self-assembly, like the critical micelle concentration, micelle size and shape, intermicellar interactions and phase separation phenomena are reviewed as well as suggested underlying causes of the temperature dependence. Furthermore, the effect of cosolutes on clouding and the behavior of related systems, non-aqueous solutions and nonionic polymers, are examined.
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- author
- Lindman, Björn LU ; Medronho, Bruno LU and Karlström, Gunnar LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2016-04-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Clouding, Micelle growth, Nonionic surfactant, Oxyethylene, Phase separation
- in
- Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science
- volume
- 22
- pages
- 7 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
- external identifiers
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- wos:000378963200005
- scopus:84978477270
- ISSN
- 1359-0294
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cocis.2016.01.005
- language
- English
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- yes
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- c7228a0d-21b4-4b96-95df-3e37e7cdd85a
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abstract = {{<p>Nonionic surfactants have broad applications such as cleaning and dispersion stabilization, which frequently are hampered by strong temperature sensitivities. As manifested by clouding and decreased solubility with increasing temperature, the interaction between water and the oligo(oxyethylene) head-groups is becoming less favorable. Different aspects of surfactant self-assembly, like the critical micelle concentration, micelle size and shape, intermicellar interactions and phase separation phenomena are reviewed as well as suggested underlying causes of the temperature dependence. Furthermore, the effect of cosolutes on clouding and the behavior of related systems, non-aqueous solutions and nonionic polymers, are examined.</p>}},
author = {{Lindman, Björn and Medronho, Bruno and Karlström, Gunnar}},
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keywords = {{Clouding; Micelle growth; Nonionic surfactant; Oxyethylene; Phase separation}},
language = {{eng}},
month = {{04}},
pages = {{23--29}},
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series = {{Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science}},
title = {{Clouding of nonionic surfactants}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cocis.2016.01.005}},
doi = {{10.1016/j.cocis.2016.01.005}},
volume = {{22}},
year = {{2016}},
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