Wetting in oil/water/surfactant systems

Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 196-204

  Ash, Philip A ^a   Bain, Colin D ^a   Matsubara, Hiroki ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkane; Interface; Line tension; Oil; Phase transitions; Surface freezing; Surfactant; Wetting

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS INTERFACES; BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; FIRST-ORDER WETTING TRANSITIONS; LINE TENSION; LIQUID/LIQUID INTERFACE; MIXED MONOLAYERS; NOVEL SURFACES; OIL; OIL/WATER; SOLID/LIQUID INTERFACES; SURFACE FREEZING; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; THREE-PHASE CONTACT LINE; WETTING PROPERTY;

FREEZING; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MONOLAYERS; PARAFFINS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

WETTING;

OIL; SURFACTANT; WATER;

AIR; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISPERSION; FREEZING; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; REVIEW; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; WETTABILITY; WETTING;

EID: 84861758632     PISSN: 13590294     EISSN: 18790399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2012.02.004     Document Type: Review

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