Molecular simulation of a dichain surfactant/water/carbon dioxide system. 2. Self-assembly and aggregation dynamics

Langmuir

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1784-1792

  Salaniwal, S ^a,b   Cui, S T ^a,b   Cochran, H D ^a,b   Cummings, P T ^b,c  

^a The University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHAIN SURFACTANTS;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; HYDRATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

MICELLES;

EID: 0035815054     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la0005558     Document Type: Article

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