Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies - Micelles, Microemulsions, Vesicles and Lyotropic Phases (Hardcover, New)

Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies explains the dynamics of micellar equilibria, tracking surfactant exchange, and micelle formation/breakdown processes. Highlighting the structural similarities of amphiphilic block copolymers to surfactants, this volume elucidates the dynamics of more complex self-assemblies that surfactants and amphiphilic block copolymers form in solutions. The book first discusses self-assembling processes taking place in aqueous surfactant solutions and the dynamic character of surfactant self-assemblies. The next chapter reviews methods that permit the study of the dynamics of self-assemblies. The dynamics of micelles of surfactants and block copolymers, solubilized systems, microemulsions, vesicles, and lyotropic liquid crystals/mesophases are reviewed successively. The authors point out the similarities and differences in the behavior of these different self-assemblies. Much emphasis is put on the processes of surfactant exchange and of micelle formation/breakdown that determine the surfactant residence time in micelles, and the micelle lifetime. The last three chapters cover topics for which the dynamics of surfactant self-assemblies can be important for a better understanding of observed behaviors: dynamics of surfactant adsorption on surfaces, rheology of viscoelastic surfactant solutions, and kinetics of chemical reactions performed in surfactant self-assemblies used as microreactors. Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies offers a unique and comprehensive review of the literature that exists on the dynamics of the various surfactant self-assemblies and a unified perspective on this topic. It provides researchers with a useful guide for the dynamics of the surfactant systems that they wish to investigate.

General

Imprint:	Crc Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	February 2005
Editors:	Raoul Zana
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	537
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8247-5822-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Physical chemistry > Surface chemistry & adsorption Promotions
LSN:	0-8247-5822-6
Barcode:	9780824758226

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