MACROEMULSIONS VERSUS MICROEMULSIONS

Authors
WENNERSTROM H SODERMAN O OLSSON U LINDMAN B
Citation
H. Wennerstrom et al., MACROEMULSIONS VERSUS MICROEMULSIONS, Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 123, 1997, pp. 13-26
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Colloids and surfaces. A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects → ACNP
ISSN journal
09277757
Volume
123
Year of publication
1997
Pages
13 - 26
Database
ISI
SICI code
0927-7757(1997)123:<13:MVM>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Studies of microemulsions have resulted in a detailed understanding of the properties of surfactant films. Progress have been made with resp ect to both experimental methods and theoretical concepts. This paper discusses how some of this knowledge can be used in emulsion studies, in particular the role of the phase behavior, diffusion studies of bot h microemulsions and macroemulsions, the implications of the flexible surface model for emulsion stability and the Ostwald ripening process in a potentially metastable emulsion system. By way of these examples it is demonstrated how microemulsion research has helped to develop ou r current understanding of macroemulsions. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B .V.