Microemulsions: Properties and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780367386214 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 560 str.

Monzer Fanun

Opis

The effective use of microemulsions has increased dramatically during the past few decades as major industrial applications have increased in a variety of fields. This volume provides a complete and systematic assessment of all topics affecting microemulsion performance, discussing fundamental characteristics, theories, and applications of these dispersions. Outlining traditional and experimental techniques in a variety of microemulsified systems, the text describes new types of surfactants, interactions at microemulsion interfaces, and the fundamentals of nanotechnology. Each chapter describes a fundamental phenomenon and the principles involved in microemulsion processes, emphasizing the mechanisms of microemulsion formation and deformation in various processes and explaining why microemulsions are used for the intended application.

Spis treści

A Phase Diagram Approach to Microemulsions.

Physicochemistry of W/O Microemulsions: Formation, Stability, and Droplet Clustering. Percolating Phenomenon in Microemulsions: Effect of External Entity. Influence of Polyethylene Glycols and Polyethylene Glycol Dimethyl Ethers upon the Internal Dynamics of Water in Oil Microemulsions. Microemulsions with Mixed Nonionic Surfactants. Simple Alcohols and Their Role in the Structure and Interactions of Microemulsion Systems. Formation and Characterization of Emulsified Microemulsions. Dynamics of Solvent and Rotational Relaxation of RTILs in RTILs-Containing Microemulsions. Microemulsion Systems and Their Potential as Drug Carriers. Physicochemical Characterization of Pharmaceutically Applicable Microemulsions: Tween 40/Imwitor 308/Isopropyl Myristate/Water. Places of Microemulsion and Emulsion in Cancer Therapy: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation. Enzyme Kinetics as a Useful Probe for Micelle and Microemulsion Structure and Dynamics. Biocatalysis in Microemulsions. Microemulsions as Decontamination Media for Chemical Weapons and Toxic Industrial Chemicals. Microemulsions as Potential Interfacial Chemical Systems Applied in the Petroleum Industry. Nanoparticle Formation in Microemulsions: Mechanism and Monte Carlo Simulations. Nanoparticle Uptake by (W/O) Microemulsions. TiO2 Nanoparticles in Microemulsion: Photophysical Properties and Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics. Microemulsions as Pseudostationary Phases in Electrokinetic Chromatography: I. Estimation of Physicochemical Parameters. II. Analysis of Drugs in Pharmaceutical and Biofluidic Matrices.

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Monzer Fanun