Middle-phase microemulsion induced by brine in region of low cationic gemini surfactant content

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 305, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 29-35

  Chen, Lifei ^a,b   Shang, Yazhuo ^a   Liu, Honglai ^a   Hu, Ying ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Gemini surfactant; Interfacial tension; Microemulsion; Middle phase microemulsion

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; PHASE INTERFACES; REFRIGERANTS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

GEMINI SURFACTANTS; INTERFACIAL TENSION (IFT) MEASUREMENTS; MIDDLE-PHASE MICROEMULSIONS; SINGLE-PHASE MICROEMULSIONS;

MICROEMULSIONS;

CATIONIC SURFACTANT; GEMININ; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONDUCTANCE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MICROEMULSION; MICROENVIRONMENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34547467175     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.04.037     Document Type: Article

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