Self-assembly of charged surfactants: Full comparison of molecular simulations and scattering experiments

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 51, 2012, Pages 17632-17641

  Jusufi, Arben ^a   Kohlmeyer, Axel ^b   Sztucki, Michael ^c   Narayanan, Theyencheri ^c   Ballauff, Matthias ^d  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS SMALL-ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERINGS; CHARGED SURFACTANTS; COUNTERIONS; EQUILIBRIUM STRUCTURES; GRAND CANONICAL MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; SCATTERING DATA; SCATTERING INTENSITY; SOLVENT FREE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; SURFACTANT MOLECULES; TETRADECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES;

EXPERIMENTS; IONS; MICELLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SCATTERING; SELF ASSEMBLY;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 84871578143     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la304084a     Document Type: Article

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