Complex phase behavior in solvent-free nonionic surfactants

Science

Volumn 271, Issue 5251, 1996, Pages 976-978

  Hillmyer, Marc A ^a   Bates, Frank S ^a   Almdal, Kristoffer ^b   Mortensen, Kell ^b   Ryan, Anthony J ^c,d   Fairclough, J Patrick A ^c  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006367890     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.271.5251.976     Document Type: Article

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35. Supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant AF/F49620-93-0182 and by the Center for Interfacial Engineering, an NSF Engineering Research Center EPSRC is acknowledged for providing x-ray beam time. F.S.B. and K A. benefited from a NATO travel grant. We thank M. Matsen and D. Hajduk for helpful discussions during the preparation of this manuscript.