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Molecular-Thermodynamic Approach to Predict Micellar Solution Properties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Daniel Blankschtein  and
Sudhakar Puvvada
Daniel Blankschtein
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Sudhakar Puvvada
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Introduction

In this paper we present a conceptual overview of our recently developed molecular-thermodynamic approach to predict micellization, thermodynamic properties, and phase separation of micellar solutions. A detailed exposition may be found in Ref..

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 177: Symposium V – Macromolecular Liquids , 1989 , 129
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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