Stimuli-responsive viscosity modifiers

B Bhat, S Pahari, JSI Kwon, MES Akbulut - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Stimuli responsive viscosity modifiers entail an important class of materials which allow for
smart material formation utilizing various stimuli for switching such as pH, temperature, light …

On the shape and connections of micelles: electron microscopy imaging inspiring thermodynamic modelling

D Danino, T Zemb - Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
We illustrate in this review the dynamic interplay, in the last three decades, between
progress in imaging of dynamic objects such as micelles and the ripening of predictive …

A slip-spring framework to study relaxation dynamics of entangled wormlike micelles with kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm

S Pahari, B Bhadriraju, M Akbulut, JSI Kwon - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Hypothesis Wormlike micelles (WLMs) formed due to the self-assembly of
amphiphiles in aqueous solution have similar viscoelastic properties as polymers. Owing to …

Controllable Synthesis of Carbon Dots@CaCO3 Composites: Tunable Morphology, UV Absorption Properties, and Application as an Ultraviolet Absorber

J Qiu, W Ye, X Xu, B Guo, R Wang, C Hu… - Crystal Growth & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ultraviolet (UV) absorbers are of vital importance in reducing the damage of UV irradiation to
materials, incredibly effective in delaying the life of polymers. However, commercial …

Saturated C22-tailed cationic surfactant in concentrated brine: Structural evolution of wormlike micelles and rheological properties

Y Shang, J Wang, J Doutch, P Li, Q Yin, X Cao… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Saturated C 22-tailed ultra-long-chain imparts cationic surfactant stable chemical structure
and strong hydrophobic interaction that favors the generation of wormlike micelles in brine …

Rheology of saturated micellar networks: Wormlike micellar solutions vs. bicontinuous micellar phases

TN Stancheva, MT Georgiev, GM Radulova… - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The subject of this work is to investigate the rheological behavior of mixed micellar solutions
(sodium laurylethersulfate and cocamidopropyl betaine) in the presence of Mg 2+ divalent …

Model predictive control for wormlike micelles (WLMs): Application to a system of CTAB and NaCl

S Pahari, J Moon, M Akbulut, S Hwang… - … Research and Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Wormlike micelles (WLMs), which are the self-assemblies of amphiphilic surfactants, have
gained attention in various applications due to their unique 'living'nature (ie, union-scission) …

Analytical modeling of micelle growth. 3. Electrostatic free energy of ionic wormlike micelles–Effects of activity coefficients and spatially confined electric double layers

KD Danov, PA Kralchevsky, SD Stoyanov… - Journal of colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypotheses: To correctly predict the aggregation number and size of wormlike micelles from
ionic surfactants, the molecular-thermodynamic theory has to calculate the free energy per …

Scission energies of surfactant wormlike micelles loaded with nonpolar additives

G Zaldivar, M Conda-Sheridan… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hypothesis The previously observed effects of nonpolar additives on the scission energy
and rheological properties of surfactant wormlike micelles can be explained in terms of the …

New anionic Gemini surfactant viscoelastic fluid for clean fracturing of natural gas hydrate

X Wang, S Wang, F Wang, G Zhang, X Wang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, the properties of a new anionic Gemini surfactant (AG n) and its application in
natural gas hydrate fracturing fluid are studied. The surface properties of AG n were …