Alkyl propoxy ethoxylate "graded" surfactants: Micelle formation and structure in aqueous solutions

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 114, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4485-4494

  Sarkar, Biswajit ^a   Alexandridis, Paschalis ^a  

^a State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; HYDROCARBONS; MICELLES; MICELLIZATION; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; PROPYLENE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CRITICAL MICELLIZATION CONCENTRATION; DEGREE OF ETHOXYLATION; HYDROPHOBIC-HYDROPHILIC; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTS; MICELLE FORMATION; SHAPE AND SIZE; SURFACTANT COMPOSITION; THERMODYNAMICS OF MICELLIZATION;

ALKYLATION;

EID: 77950575902     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp910939q     Document Type: Article

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