2. BACKGROUND 2.1. Aqueous Reverse Micelles The unique properties of water including
its polarity and highly structured hydrogen bond network have led to the widespread use of …

Abstract Background Reverse micelles (RMs) are nanometer-sized aggregates of
surfactants containing encapsulated water molecules as inner cores within a bulk nonpolar …

Amphiphiles, either synthetic or natural, are structurally simple molecules with the
unprecedented capacity to self-assemble into complex, hierarchical geometries in …

The ionic liquid (IL) 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (bmimBF4) can form
nonaqueous microemulsions with benzene by the aid of nonionic surfactant TX-100. The …

Both X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy on water confined between the lamellar
bilayers of aerosol-OT (AOT) allowed us to explore the differences in connectivity between …

Abstract The ionic liquid (IL) 1‐butyl‐3‐methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate ([bmim][BF4])
forms nonaqueous microemulsions with benzene with the aid of nonionic surfactant TX‐100 …

To gain insight into the structure and properties of microemulsions, pseudo-ternary phase
diagrams of water/Triton X-100/1-pentanol/cyclohexane microemulsions which were …

The design and synthesis of a new cross-linkable amphiphile is reported. Solutions of the
amphiphile in a toluene/water mixture form reverse micelles as indicated by dynamic light …

We have systematically investigated the effect of alcohols (ethanol, propanol, butanol, and
pentanol) on the structure of the water/AOT/IPM system using conductivity, dynamic light …

The influence that urea has on the conformation of water-soluble globular protein, bovine
serum albumin (BSA), exposed directly to the aqueous solution as compared to the …