Gelled polymerizable microemulsions. Part 3 Rheology

Studying orthogonal self-assembled systems: microstructure of gelled bicontinuous microemulsions.

An orthogonal self-assembled system consists of different structures which coexist independently. Furthermore, the characteristic properties of the respective "base systems", i.e. of the systems which contain only one of the structures, are retained in the orthogonal self-assembled system. We have identified gelled bicontinuous microemulsions as orthogonal self-assembled systems and reported in...

Gelled Bicontinuous Microemulsions - A New Type of Orthogonal Self-Assembled Systems -

Emulsions , Microemulsions and Foams ( Part IV )

3. Structure and Rheology of Polymeric Fluids

The topology of a polymer molecule is normally characterized by the degree of polymerization (number of sites), degree of branching and Wiener index. The two latter parameters are of great importance when polymers studied have the same molecular weight. As mentioned in the previous Chapter, the degree of branching, defined as ( ) 2 2 B D D L = + where D and L are the numbers of fully and partia...

Spinodal decomposition in microemulsions