IMPROVING SOLUBILIZATION IN MICROEMULSIONS WITH ADDITIVES .2. LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS AS LIPOPHILIC LINKERS

Authors
GRACIAA A LACHAISE J CUCUPHAT C BOURREL M SALAGER JL
Citation
A. Graciaa et al., IMPROVING SOLUBILIZATION IN MICROEMULSIONS WITH ADDITIVES .2. LONG-CHAIN ALCOHOLS AS LIPOPHILIC LINKERS, Langmuir, 9(12), 1993, pp. 3371-3374
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Langmuir → ACNP
ISSN journal
07437463
Volume
9
Issue
12
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3371 - 3374
Database
ISI
SICI code
0743-7463(1993)9:12<3371:ISIMWA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The longer the chain of the alcohol, the lesser it adsorbs at the inte rface. As a consequence, long chain alcohols (above C8) enhance the so lubilization in optimum surfactant-oil-water systems according to the lipophilic linker effect. The solubilization improvement can be render ed by a multiplicative factor which depends almost linearly upon the c hain length of the alcohol (above C8). Alcohol mixing is a way to incr ease the interaction even more.