Physicochemistry of W/O microemulsions: Formation, stability, and droplet clustering

Microemulsions: Properties and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 17-58

  Rakshit, Animesh Kumar ^a   Moulik, Satya Priya ^b  

^a MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420089608     Document Type: Chapter

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