Topological transition in aqueous nonionic micellar solutions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 258302/1-258302/4

  Kwon, Su Yong ^a   Kim, Mahn Won ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; SOLUTIONS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

AQUEOUS NONIONIC MICELLAR SOLUTIONS; PENTAETHYLENEGLYCOL MONODODECYL ETHER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE DIMYRISTOYL;

MICELLES;

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; MICELLE; PENTAETHYLENE GLYCOL MONODODECYL ETHER; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; WATER;

CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MICELLE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY;

DIMYRISTOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; ETHERS; LIGHT; MICELLES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOSITY; WATER;

EID: 18744374489     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.258302     Document Type: Article

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