The physics of surfactant dissolution

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 361, Issue 1805, 2003, Pages 665-676

  Warren, P B ^a   Prinsen, P ^a,b   Michels, M A J ^b   Crompton, A J ^c   De Gennes, P G ^d   Jones, R B ^e   Rennie, A R ^f   Magerle, R ^g   Felderhof, B U ^h  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c British Computer Society   (United Kingdom)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^h RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dissipative particle dynamics; Dissolution; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

DIMERIZATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PHYSICS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041701489     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2002.1166     Document Type: Conference Paper

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