Modeling the interfacial tension in oil-water-nonionic surfactant mixtures using dissipative particle dynamics and self-consistent field theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 115, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4654-4661

  Ginzburg, Valeriy V ^a   Chang, Kwanho ^a   Jog, Prasanna K ^a   Argenton, Andre B ^a   Rakesh, Leela ^b  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS;

DISSIPATIVE PARTICLE DYNAMICS; DODECANE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; MESOSCALE SIMULATION; MODEL SYSTEM; NONIONIC SURFACTANT MIXTURES; OIL-WATER; SELF-CONSISTENT-FIELD THEORY; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79955426984     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: 15205207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109234u     Document Type: Article

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