The combination of water and surface-active ionic liquids provides a unique reaction
medium, facilitating aggregation and micellization of the ionic liquid to allow for chemical …

Some physicochemical aspects of water-soluble mineral flotation including hydration
phenomena, associations and interactions between collectors, air bubbles, and water …

Hydrophobic interactions are one of the main thermodynamic driving forces in self-
assembly, folding, and association processes. To understand the dehydration-driven solvent …

Catanionic mixtures are commonly used in applications due to synergetic properties of both
cationic and anionic surfactants. To better understand the mechanism of the micellization …

Surface-active ionic liquids based on imidazolium cations are promising targets for micellar
catalysis in aqueous solution, yielding enhanced rate constants compared to surfactants …

Two problems in colloid chemistry have proved difficult to solve. First the specific counterion
and hydration effects on the properties of association colloids of ionic surfactants such as …

The micellar aggregation behavior of biocompatible surfactants, phytosterol ethoxylates
(BPS-n, n is the oxyethylene (EO) chain length), containing polyoxyethylene chains in four …

The self-aggregation behavior of amphiphilic pyrrole-tailed imidazolium ionic liquids (Py
(CH2) 12mim+ Br−: Py= pyrrole, mim= methylimidazolium) in water is investigated by …

Specific ion effects in zwitterionic micelles, especially for anions, are evident in reaction
kinetics, zeta potential, and critical micelle concentration measurements. However, anion …

The micelle formation of dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC) in 0.01 M methyl-and
ethyl-4-hydroxybenzoate (MeP and EtP, respectively) sodium salt aqueous solutions has …