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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298614703321

Autore

Feng Yujun

Titolo

Smart Wormlike Micelles : Design, Characteristics and Applications / / by Yujun Feng, Zonglin Chu, Cécile A. Dreiss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-45950-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (103 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science, , 2191-5407

Disciplina

530.41

54

541

541.2254

620115

Soggetti

Physical chemistry

Amorphous substances

Complex fluids

Polymers  

Nanotechnology

Physical Chemistry

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics

Polymer Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- pH-responsive wormlike micelles -- Thermo-responsive wormlike micelles -- UV/vis-responsive wormlike micelles -- CO2-switchable wormlike micelles -- Other types of wormlike micelles -- Applications of smart wormlike micelles.

Sommario/riassunto

This Brief provides an up-to-date overview of smart surfactants and describes a broad spectrum of triggers that induce the formation of wormlike micelles or reversibly tune the morphology of surfactant aggregates from wormlike micelles to another state, or vice versa. Combining the fields of chemistry, physics, polymer science, and nanotechnology, its primary focus is on the design, formulation, and



processing of intelligent viscoelastic surfactant solutions, covering the scientific principles governing responsiveness to one or more particular triggers, down to the end-use-driven functions. The first chapter explains why and how surfactants self-assemble into viscoelastic wormlike micellar solutions reminiscent of polymer solutions, while the following chapters show how the response to a given trigger translates into macroscopic rheological changes, including temperature, light, pH, CO2, redox, hydrocarbon, etc. The last chapter demonstrates the applications of these viscoelastic assemblies in oil and gas production, drag reduction, biomaterials, cleaning processes, electrorheological and photorheological fluids. Comments and perspectives are provided at the end to conclude this Brief. This Brief is aimed at chemists, physicists, chemical engineers and nano-scientists who are involved in self-assemblies and applications of surfactants, as well as graduates in physical chemistry. Yujun Feng, Ph.D., is a professor at the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, P. R. China. Zonglin Chu, Ph.D., is a post-doctoral fellow working at the Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Zürich, Switzerland. Cécile A. Dreiss, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, UK.