Polymers for enhanced oil recovery: a paradigm for structure–property relationship in aqueous solution

DAZ Wever, F Picchioni, AA Broekhuis - Progress in polymer science, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent developments in the field of water-soluble polymers aimed at enhancing the
aqueous solution viscosity are reviewed. Classic and novel associating water-soluble …

Cleavable surfactants

A Tehrani-Bagha, K Holmberg - Current opinion in colloid & interface …, 2007 - Elsevier
The review covers the development within the field of cleavable surfactants since 2003.
Cleavable surfactants are amphiphiles in which a weak linkage has been deliberately …

Understanding and exploiting the phase behavior of mixtures of oppositely charged polymers and surfactants in water

L Piculell - Langmuir, 2013 - ACS Publications
Complexes of oppositely charged polymers and surfactants (OCPS) in water come in many
varieties, including liquid-crystalline materials, soluble complexes, structured nanoparticles …

Surfactant-free microemulsions with cleavable constituents

S Krickl, L Jurko, K Wolos, D Touraud… - Journal of molecular liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
Surfactant-free microemulsions (SFME) comprising a cleavable hydrotrope/hydrophobic
component were investigated regarding potential applications for green, microemulsion …

Novel hydrophobic associative copolymers for natural gas hydrate fracturing fluids

X Wang, F Wang, Y Zhang, X Ding, G Zhang… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Natural gas hydrates, which represent a promising future energy resource, present
challenges during extraction due to the presence of solid hydrates, limited permeability for …

Surfactants containing hydrolyzable bonds

D Lundberg, M Stjerndahl, K Holmberg - Interfacial Processes and …, 2008 - Springer
There is a growing demand for hydrolyzable surfactants, ie, surfactants that break down ina
controlled way by changing the pH. Environmental concern is the main driving force behind …

Self-assembled nano structures of cationic ester-containing gemini surfactants: The surfactant structure and salt effects

S Javadian, H Aghdastinat, A Tehrani-Bagha… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aggregation behavior of ester-containing cationic gemini surfactants, dodecyl esterquat
and dodecyl betainate geminis was investigated using tensiometry, conductometry …

The aggregation behavior between anionic carboxymethylchitosan and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide: MesoDyn simulation and experiments

Y Li, G Xu, D Wu, W Sui - European polymer journal, 2007 - Elsevier
The aggregation behavior between carboxymethylchitosan (CMCHS) and
cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) is investigated by MesoDyn simulation and …

Formation of nano and microstructures by polysorbate–chitosan association

CSF Picone, RL Cunha - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Different environmental conditions and polysorbate types were explored for the formation of
nano and microstructures in association with chitosan. Systems composed of polysorbates …

Photosensitive gelatin

A Vesperinas, J Eastoe, P Wyatt, I Grillo… - Chemical …, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Employing photodestructible surfactants in gelatin-based aqueous gels presents novel
possibilities for controlling colloidal and aggregation properties of surfactant gelatin …