An algorithm for emulsion stability simulations: Account of flocculation, coalescence, surfactant adsorption and the process of ostwald ripening

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 761-804

  Urbina Villalba, German ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Coalescence; Deformation; Drops; Emulsion; Flocculation; Ostwald; Simulations; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ADSORPTION; COALESCENCE; DEFORMATION; DROPS; EMULSION; FLOCCULATION; OSTWALD; SIMULATIONS; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; EMULSIONS; FLOCCULATION; OILS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER;

CONDYLIDIUM;

EID: 63449105016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10030761     Document Type: Review

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