MICELLE FORMATION, RELAXATION-TIME, AND 3-PHASE COEXISTENCE IN A MICROEMULSION MODEL

Authors
STAUFFER D JAN N HE Y PANDEY RB MARANGONI DG SMITHPALMER T
Citation
D. Stauffer et al., MICELLE FORMATION, RELAXATION-TIME, AND 3-PHASE COEXISTENCE IN A MICROEMULSION MODEL, The Journal of chemical physics, 100(9), 1994, pp. 6934-6943
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
100
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
6934 - 6943
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1994)100:9<6934:MFRA3C>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Our Larson-type microemulsion model for surfactant chains in oil-water solvents leads to long relaxation times as well as, for essential mod ifications, to a stable peak in the chain-cluster size distribution. T ransfer energies for surfactant chains moving to the oil-water interfa ce, and characteristic micelle concentrations (CMC) as a function of c hain length are compared with experiment.