Interfacial tensions in microemulsions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 291, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Wennerström, Håkan ^a   Balogh, Joakim ^a   Olsson, Ulf ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Microemulsions; Nonionic surfactant of CnEm type; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; ETHYLENE; MICROEMULSIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

BICONTINUOUS MICROEMULSIONS; CNEM-TYPE; ELASTIC CONSTANTS; HELFRICH CURVATURE FREE ENERGY;

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

ALKANE; ETHYLENE OXIDE DERIVATIVE; OIL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ARTICLE; MICROEMULSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33750994002     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2006.09.027     Document Type: Article

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