The correlation of microstructure morphology with gelation mechanism for sodium soaps in organic solvents

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-97

  Huang, Yaqun ^a,b   Ge, Junwei ^a   Cai, Zhengwei ^a   Hu, Zhibiao ^a,b   Hong, Xinlin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhongshan Daoqum Chemical Group Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Gel microstructure morphology; Gelation mechanism; Sodium soaps

Indexed keywords

GELATION; METAL IONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

GEL NETWORKS; GELATION MECHANISMS; GELATION PROCESS; HEXAGONAL PACKING; MICROSTRUCTURE MORPHOLOGIES; MORPHOLOGY TRANSFORMATIONS; NANORIBBONS; ORGANOGELS; SODIUM CAPRYLATE; SODIUM IONS; SODIUM SOAPS; STRUCTURE TRANSFORMATIONS; XRD;

SODIUM;

EID: 84868310969     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.08.057     Document Type: Article

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