Hydrophobic interactions in associative polymer/nonionic surfactant systems: Effects of surfactant architecture and system parameters

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 831-847

  Talwar, Sachin ^a   Scanu, Lauriane F ^a   Khan, Saad A ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative polymer; Interaction; Nonionic surfactant

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS; HYDROPHOBIC JUNCTIONS; INTERACTION; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EMULSIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 33750908071     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2355530     Document Type: Article

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