Repulsive interactions of polymers

The ideal case of repulsive interactions between polymers and the surfactant film was theoretically described by Eisenriegler [35]. The polymer remains dissolved either in the water or oil domain and each segment is repelled by the film surface. In this case, the 

In Ref. [40], the onset of polymer confinement is discussed, which leads to a higher sensitivity of the polymer effect. Although this effect is real, we do not want to discuss details in the context of bicontinuous microemulsions. For our purpose it should be mentioned that if the polymer and the domains resemble in size the polymer effects are enforced. 

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