The molecular organogel n-decane/12-hydroxyoctadecanoic acid: Sol-gel transition, rheology, and microstructure

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 469, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-325

  Laupheimer, Michaela ^a   Preisig, Natalie ^a   Stubenrauch, Cosima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

12 Hydroxyoctadecanoic acid; Freeze fracture electron microscopy; Organogel; Rheology; Small angle neutron scattering; Sol gel transition

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBERS; FRACTURE; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS;

FREEZE FRACTURE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FREEZE FRACTURE METHOD; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; ORGANOGELS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SOL-GEL TRANSITIONS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER;

PARAFFINS;

12 HYDROXYOCTADECANOIC ACID; DECANE; DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTHALPY; EVAPORATION; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FREEZE FRACTURE; FREEZE FRACTURE ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL; GELATION; HEATING; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR FLOW; SOLVENT EFFECT; STORAGE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84922427001     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.01.039     Document Type: Article

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