Hidden minima of the gibbs free energy revealed in a phase separation in polymer/surfactant/water mixture

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 8533-8537

  Holyst R ^a,b   Staniszewski, K ^a   Patkowski, A ^c   Gapinski J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

^b CARDINAL STEFAN WYSZY SKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GIBBS FREE ENERGY; NUCLEATION; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DEMIXING; DROPLETS; GIBBS POTENTIAL; METASTABLE REGION;

PHASE SEPARATION;

EID: 19944382463     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp050634y     Document Type: Article

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