Hexagonal close packing of nonionic surfactant micelles in water

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 111, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 5174-5179

  Zeng, Xiangbing ^a   Liu, Yongsong ^b   Impéror Clerc, Marianne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; SELF ASSEMBLY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HEXAGONAL CLOSE PACKING; HYDRATED ETHYLENE OXIDE; MICELLAR PHASE;

MICELLES;

EID: 34249793263     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0687955     Document Type: Article

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