Optimization of water-in-oil nanoemulsions by mixed surfactants

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 370, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 136-142

  Peng, Li Ching ^a,b   Liu, Chi Hsien ^b   Kwan, Chang Chin ^a   Huang, Keh Feng ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ostwald ripening; Phase inversion temperature (PIT) method; Water in oil nanoemulsion

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; DROP FORMATION; EMULSIFICATION; ETHERS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OSTWALD RIPENING; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES;

DROPLET SIZES; FUNCTION OF TIME; HYDROPHILIC LIPOPHILIC BALANCE; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; LOW ENERGIES; MIXED SURFACTANT; NANO-EMULSIONS; NANOEMULSION; NONIONIC; OIL FRACTIONS; OPTIMUM COMPOSITION; PHASE INVERSION TEMPERATURE METHODS; POLYOXYETHYLENE; STORAGE PERIODS; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT MIXTURE; WATER-IN-OIL; WATER-IN-OIL NANOEMULSION;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

POLYOXYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT; WATER OIL CREAM;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; HYDROPHILICITY; LIPOPHILICITY; NANOEMULSION; PHOTON CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77957753930     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.08.060     Document Type: Article

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