Progress in Microemulsions

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Phase Behavior and Structure of Microemulsions....Pages 3-29
A Simple Interpretation of Hydrophobic Interactions and Critical Concentrations in Micellar Solutions....Pages 31-39
From Micellization to Microemulsion Formation....Pages 41-59
Phase Behavior of Ternary Systems H 2 O — Oil — Amphiphile as Determined by the Interplay of the Oil — Amphiphile Gap and the H 2 O — Amphiphile Loop....Pages 61-71
Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Microemulsions: A Comparison of Surfactant Association Structures....Pages 73-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Self-Assembly: A Biased Random Walk Through the Literature....Pages 85-111
New Ideas for Microemulsion Structure: The Talmon-Prager and de Gennes Models....Pages 113-123
Winsor Microemulsions: Evidence for Bicontinuous Structure By X-Rays and Neutron Scattering....Pages 125-134
Liquid State Theory and Its Applications to Micellar Solutions and to Other Complex Liquids....Pages 135-143
A Scaling Theory of Surface Tension Near a Critical Point....Pages 145-150
The Eyring Significant Structure Theory Applied to the Calculation of Surface Tension of Simple Liquids....Pages 151-156
Front Matter....Pages 157-157
A Global Description of Phase Equilibria in the Quaternary Microemulsion System: Water-Dodecane-Pentanol-Sodium Dodecylsulfate....Pages 159-184
Static Small Angle Neutron Scattering on Concentrated Water-In-Oil Microemulsion : The Particular Case of Potassium Oleate....Pages 185-206
Thermal Analysis of Water-in-Oil Microemulsions....Pages 207-215
Structural Properties of Microemulsion-Derived Fe 2 O 3 Microparticles....Pages 217-221
Front Matter....Pages 223-223
Structural Transformations in Lyotropic Liquid Crystals....Pages 225-233
Some Aspects of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals....Pages 235-250
Structural Modifications Induced by External Agents on Multilamellar Liposomes....Pages 251-261
Determination of the Rigidity Constant of the Amphiphilic Film in Birefringent Microemulsions, Spin-Labeling and Quasielastic Light Scattering Experiments....Pages 263-272
Highly Curved Defects in Lamellar Phases: Non-Ionic Lamellar Phases and Birefringent Microemulsions....Pages 273-283
Back Matter....Pages 285-290