Properties, main applications and perspectives of worm micelles

S Ezrahi, E Tuval, A Aserin - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2006 - Elsevier
This tutorial review deals with one of the most remarkable forms of surfactant aggregates,
described as having a flexible, elongated cylindrical shape. Three structural scale lengths …

Shear-induced transitions and instabilities in surfactant wormlike micelles

S Lerouge, JF Berret - Polymer Characterization: Rheology, Laser …, 2010 - Springer
In this review, we report recent developments on the shear-induced transitions and
instabilities found in surfactant wormlike micelles. The survey focuses on the nonlinear …

Highly viscoelastic wormlike micellar solutions formed by cationic surfactants with long unsaturated tails

SR Raghavan, EW Kaler - Langmuir, 2001 - ACS Publications
Cationic surfactants having long (C22) mono-unsaturated tails were studied in aqueous
solutions containing salt using steady and dynamic rheology. The surfactant erucyl bis …

CO2-Switchable Viscoelastic Fluids Based on a Pseudogemini Surfactant

Y Zhang, Y Feng, Y Wang, X Li - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Recent research has highlighted a growing focus on stimuli-responsive surfactant wormlike
micelles (WLMs), particularly those with switchability. Here we report CO2-switchable WLMs …

The microstructure and rheology of mixed cationic/anionic wormlike micelles

BA Schubert, EW Kaler, NJ Wagner - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
The rheology, flow birefringence, and small-angle neutron scattering of mixed
cationic/anionic wormlike micellar solutions composed of cetyl trimethylammonium tosylate …

[图书][B] Dynamics of surfactant self-assemblies: micelles, microemulsions, vesicles and lyotropic phases

R Zana - 2005 - taylorfrancis.com
Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies explains the dynamics of micellar equilibria,
tracking surfactant exchange, and micelle formation/breakdown processes. Highlighting the …

Microstructure and dynamics of wormlike micellar solutions formed by mixing cationic and anionic surfactants

RD Koehler, SR Raghavan… - The Journal of Physical …, 2000 - ACS Publications
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and rheology are used to probe the wormlike
micelles formed in mixtures of a cationic (cetyl trimethylammonium tosylate, CTAT) and an …

Microstructural changes in SDS micelles induced by hydrotropic salt

PA Hassan, SR Raghavan, EW Kaler - Langmuir, 2002 - ACS Publications
The addition of low concentrations of the hydrotropic salt p-toluidine hydrochloride (PTHC)
to solutions of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) promotes the transition …

Sodium carboxymethylcellulose− CTAB interaction: a detailed thermodynamic study of polymer− surfactant interaction with opposite charges

T Chakraborty, I Chakraborty, S Ghosh - Langmuir, 2006 - ACS Publications
Interaction between polymer and surfactant bearing opposite charges is much more
complex from a physicochemical point of view as compared to interaction between ionic …

Rheology of wormlike micelles: Equilibrium properties and shear banding transitions

JF Berret - Molecular gels: materials with self-assembled fibrillar …, 2006 - Springer
Wormlike micelles are elongated and semi-flexible aggregates resulting from the self-
assembly of surfactant molecules in aqueous solutions. In the general context of complex …