Viscoelastic wormlike micelles and their applications

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 276-281

  Yang, Jiang ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drag reducing agent; Fracturing fluid; Home care product; Personal care; Rheology; Self diverting acid fracturing; Thickener; Viscoelastic surfactants; Wormlike micelles

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMPHOLYTE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FATTY ACID; FATTY ALCOHOL; GUAR GUM; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; OIL; POLYMER; REDUCING AGENT; SALICYLATE SODIUM; SALICYLIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLEANING; COOLING; FLOW KINETICS; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; MICELLE; MICROEMULSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PERSONAL HYGIENE; POLYMERIZATION; REVIEW; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0036866495     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0294(02)00071-7     Document Type: Review

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