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Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Sep 30;89(14):148302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.148302. Epub 2002 Sep 11.

Mesoscale simulations of surfactant dissolution and mesophase formation.

Physical review letters

P Prinsen, P B Warren, M A J Michels

Affiliations

  1. Unilever Research and Development Port Sunlight, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, United Kingdom.

PMID: 12366079 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.148302

Abstract

The evolution of the contact zone between pure surfactant and solvent has been studied by mesoscale simulation. It is found that mesophase formation becomes diffusion controlled and follows the equilibrium phase diagram adiabatically almost as soon as individual mesophases can be identified, corresponding to times in real systems of order 10 micros.

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