Future Challenges

Microemulsions: Background, New Concepts, Applications, Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 345-366

  Stubenrauch, Cosima ^a   Strey, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bicontinuous microemulsions as templates; Interfacial segregation; Microemulsion mysteries future challenges; Principle of supercritical microemulsion expansion (POSME); Road map to solubilisation of triglycerides; Solubilisation of triglycerides; Synthesising nanofoam; Using microemulsions for fuel combustion; Which is the most promising route

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856777382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305524.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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