The effects of small molecule organic additives on the self-assembly and rheology of betaine wormlike micellar fluids

TM McCoy, JP King, JE Moore, VT Kelleppan… - Journal of colloid and …, 2019 - Elsevier
A model zwitterionic surfactant, oleyl amidopropyl betaine (OAPB), that spontaneously forms
viscoelastic wormlike micelles in aqueous solution is mixed with a variety of structurally …

Impact of salt co-and counterions on rheological properties and structure of wormlike micellar solutions

AL Kwiatkowski, VS Molchanov… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Rheological properties of aqueous solutions of long-tailed cationic surfactant erucyl bis-
(hydroxyethyl) methylammonium chloride (EHAC) were examined as a function of …

Wormlike micelles formed by synergistic self-assembly in mixtures of anionic and cationic surfactants

SR Raghavan, G Fritz, EW Kaler - Langmuir, 2002 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly in mixtures of cationic and anionic surfactants occurs synergistically because
of attractive interactions between the oppositely charged headgroups. Here, such effects are …

Phase and rheological behaviour of viscoelastic wormlike micellar solutions formed in mixed nonionic surfactant systems

DP Acharya, MK Hossain, T Sakai… - Physical Chemistry …, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
The phase and rheological behaviour of mixed nonionic surfactant system–polyoxyethylene
cholesteryl ether (ChEO15)–alkanoyl-N-methylethanolamide (NMEA-n)–water was studied …

Structural evolution of wormlike micellar fluids formed by erucyl amidopropyl betaine with oil, salts, and surfactants

TM McCoy, A Valiakhmetova, MJ Pottage, CJ Garvey… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
Solutions of extended, flexible cylindrical micelles, often known as wormlike micelles, have
great potential as the base for viscoelastic complex fluids in oil recovery, drilling, and …

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 …

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 …

Molecular variations in aromatic cosolutes: critical role in the rheology of cationic wormlike micelles

TH Ito, PCML Miranda, NH Morgon, G Heerdt… - Langmuir, 2014 - ACS Publications
Wormlike micelles formed by the addition to cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) of a
range of aromatic cosolutes with small molecular variations in their structure were …

Ionic micelles and aromatic additives: a closer look at the molecular packing parameter

V Lutz-Bueno, S Isabettini, F Walker, S Kuster… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Wormlike micellar aggregates formed from the mixture of ionic surfactants with aromatic
additives result in solutions with impressive viscoelastic properties. These properties are of …

Impacting the length of wormlike micelles using mixed surfactant systems

V Croce, T Cosgrove, CA Dreiss, G Maitland… - Langmuir, 2004 - ACS Publications
The effect of adding an alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant (C18E18) to aqueous
solutions of a cationic surfactant, erucyl bis (hydroxyethyl) methylammonium chloride …