Effects of urea on the microstructure and phase behavior of aqueous solutions of poly(oxyethylene) surfactants

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-96

  Bianco, Carolina L ^a   Schneider, Craig S ^a,b   Santonicola, Mariagabriella ^a,c   Lenhoff, Abraham M ^a   Kaler, Eric W ^a,d  

^a University of Delaware   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS BUFFER; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOPHYSICAL METHODS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CLOUD POINT TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION (CMC); GLOBULAR MICELLES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICELLE STRUCTURE; POLYOXYETHYLENE SURFACTANTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SMALL-ANGLE NEUTRON SCATTERING;

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; DICHROISM; METABOLISM; MICELLES; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROTEIN FOLDING; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

UREA;

EID: 78650824081     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie101011v     Document Type: Article

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