What makes AOT reverse micelles spherical?

Colloid and Polymer Science

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 165-176

  Tovstun, Sergey A ^a   Razumov, Vladimir F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROBLEMS OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aerosol OT; Disjoining pressure; Free energy; Helfrich equation; Poisson Boltzmann equation; Reverse micelles

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; FREE ENERGY; MICROEMULSIONS; MOLAR RATIO; POISSON EQUATION;

AEROSOL OT; AOT REVERSE MICELLES; DISJOINING PRESSURES; ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS; HELFRICH EQUATION; REVERSE MICELLES; REVERSE MICROEMULSIONS; SODIUM BIS(2-ETHYLHEXYL)SULFOSUCCINATE;

MICELLES;

DOCUSATE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENTHALPY; MICROEMULSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE MICELLE; SOLUBILIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84920830288     PISSN: 0303402X     EISSN: 14351536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-014-3405-7     Document Type: Article

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