Structure of Reverse Micelles

Monoglycerol Fatty Add Ester-Based Reverse Micelles 

1 Structure of Micelles in Liquid Paraffin, Squalane, and Squalene 

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After the mixture had been dried, the remaining residue (CD-capped gold nanoparticles + compound 3) was found to express insolubility in dry CHCfi but the solubility was restored when water was used in the equilibration of the chloroform. In our judgment, this finding clearly makes it apparent that there must be some water necessary for the efficient phase transfer of the nanoparticles into CHCfi. This finding leads to the conclusion that the idealized structure that has been proposed for the nanoparticles after they have been transferred to the chloroform phase (Scheme 2) has some aspects that must be similar to the structure of reverse micelles. We come to the conclusion that these nanoparticle-centered assemblies are similar in a conceptual way to gold-filled reverse micelles. (124 words)... 

Microemulsions form spontaneously in much the same way as structural elements, such as surfactant micelles, rearrange themselves following the addition of the cosurfactant. Because the water may be incorporated into the hydrophilic structures of reverse micelles, when examined by x-ray analysis spherical droplets with diameters of 6-80 nm have been reported. 

Figure 1. Structure of reverse micelles of AOT(sodium di-2-ethylhexyl...

Structure of Reverse Micelle and Microemulsion Phases in Near-Critical and Supercritical Fluid as Determined from Dynamic Light-Scattering Studies... 

Structure of Reverse Micelles Based on Diglycerol Fatty Add Esters... 

In the following sections, the structure of reverse micelles in diglycerol-based nonionic surfactants will be described. First, the micellar structure in a long-chain branched oil and mixed hydrocarbon oil will be discussed. Then, the structure of micelles in diglycerol monomyristate (C14G2) in n-alkanes and aromatic oils will be discussed. The data presented in this section are rendered from Ref. [9], and [67], respectively. 

Structure of Reverse Micelles in Liquid Paraffin and Squalane... 

Structure of Reverse Micelles Alkanes and Aromatic Oils... 

The structure of reverse micelle and microemulsion phases in near critical and supercritical fluid as determined from dynamic light scattering studies has been published by Johnston and Penninger in Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology, ACS Symp. Ser. Washington DC, 1989. 

Keywords Cationic surfactants, reverse aggregate of Interfacial water, structure of Reverse micelles Water-in-oil microemulsions... 

Steytler, D.C., Jenta, T.R., Robinson, B.H., Eastoe, J., Heenan, R.K. Structure of reversed micelles formed by metal salts of bis(ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid. Langmuir 1996, 72(6), 1483-1489. 

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