Viscoelasticity and microstructure of non-ionic microemulsions

Ionic liquid microemulsions and their technological applications

Ionic liquids are receiving much attention as environmentally benign media for reactions, separations, and multidisciplinary chemistry, due to their unique physicochemical properties which include non-volatility, high stability, high ionic conductivity, wide electrochemical window and easy recyclability. We summarize herein microemulsion formulations and applications where ionic liquids are use...

Interfacial charge transport in water-in-oil microemulsions stabilized by ionic-non-ionic surfactant mixtures.

Interfacial charge transport and mobility have been studied in system-spanning nanodroplet clusters formed in water-in-oil microemulsions stabilized by non-ionic-ionic surfactant mixtures. An unexpectedly large reduction in the counterion mobility was derived from a two-step adsorption process which described the Langmuir-plot-like conductivity isotherm remarkably well. It also conformed very s...

Phase Behaviour, Interfacial Tension and Microstructure of Microemulsions

The Phase Behavior and Microstructure of EfficientCationic–Nonionic Microemulsions

A surfactant mixture of didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) and n-alkyl polyglycol ethers (Ci E j ) can make efficient microemulsions of decane and water. Increases in surfactant efficiency by up to a factor of four are realized as 2% C8E3 is replaced with DDAB. As little as 6% of an appropriate surfactant mixture can microemulsify equal masses of oil and water. The increase in DDAB concen...

Surfactant ionic liquid-based microemulsions for polymerization.

Surfactants based on imidazolium ionic liquids (ILs), including polymerizable surfactant ILs, have been synthesized and used to stabilize polymerizable microemulsions useful for producing polymer nanoparticles, gels, and open-cell porous materials.