Mechanisms and Control of Self-Emulsification upon Freezing and Melting of Dispersed Alkane Drops

Langmuir

Volumn 33, Issue 43, 2017, Pages 12155-12170

  Valkova, Zhulieta ^a   Cholakova, Diana ^a   Tcholakova, Slavka ^a   Denkov, Nikolai ^a   Smoukov, Stoyan K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COOLING; DROPS; EMULSIONS; FREEZING; MELTING; PARAFFINS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; IMMISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL AGITATION; OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIONS; RELATIVE EFFICIENCY; SELF EMULSIFICATION; STRUCTURAL DOMAINS;

EMULSIFICATION;

EID: 85032647109     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02048     Document Type: Article

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