Among Water Pools in Reverse Microemulsions

INTERACTIONS AMONG WATER POOLS IN REVERSE MICROEMULSIONS 

Many synthetic procedures have been reported in the literature where two W/ O microemulsions have been prepared containing two reactants in the water pools of the two microemulsions. They were then mixed so as to assist reaction in the mixed system with nanoparticles as the end product (Fig. 3.13). The wide 

Atik and Thomas [158] who studied the movement of Cu between water pools in a AOT/heptane/water microemulsion commented that the ionic species had very little affinity for the bulk hydrocarbon, and hence, micelle-to-micelle 

Mechanism A This involves initial diffusion of two droplets, giving rise to an encounter pair this provides an opportunity for the solubilizates to diffuse through the surfactant bilayer at the point of contact. The droplets may then move away from each other or continue to experience further interactions. The temperature of reaction is an important point to be considered here. 

Mechanism B This involves the possible fusion of a pair of droplets into a transient, unstable droplet dimer with a lifetime in the microsecond range. This gives the solubilizates a good opportunity to exchange across the interface. Fletcher al. agree to the postulation [ 157] that water channels can be formed as an intermediate mechanism during interaction between two droplets for solubilizate exchange. 

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