Universal Character of Breaking of Wormlike Surfactant Micelles by Additives of Different Hydrophobicity.

ABSTRACT: Wormlike surfactant micelles are widely used in various applications including fracturing technology in oil industry, template synthesis of different nanoobjects, micellar copolymerization of hydrophilic and hydrophobic monomers, and so forth. Most of those applications suggest the solubilization of different additives in the micelles. The present paper is aimed at the comparative study of the effect of the solubilization of hydrophobic (n-decane and 1-phenylhexane) and hydrophilic (N-isopropylacrylamide and acrylamide) substances on the rheological properties and structure of the micelles using several complementary techniques including rheometry, small angle neutron scattering, dynamic light scattering, and diffusion ordered NMR spectroscopy. For these studies, mixed micelles of potassiu

SUBMITTER: Shibaev AV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9781539 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature