Phase behavior and solubilization in surfactant-solute-solvent systems by Monte Carlo simulations

Langmuir

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2684-2692

  Talsania, Sameer K ^a   Rodriguez Guadarrama, L A ^a   Mohanty, Kishore K ^a   Rajagopalan, Raj ^a,b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICELLES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SOLUBILITY; SOLVENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

HYDROPHOBICITY; PHASE BEHAVIOR; SOLUBILIZATION;

MIXTURES;

EID: 0032075651     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la970865z     Document Type: Article

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