Using microemulsions: formulation based on knowledge of their mesostructure

M Gradzielski, M Duvail, PM de Molina… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Microemulsions, as thermodynamically stable mixtures of oil, water, and surfactant, are
known and have been studied for more than 70 years. However, even today there are still …

Materials processing in supercritical carbon dioxide: surfactants, polymers and biomaterials

HM Woods, MMCG Silva, C Nouvel… - Journal of Materials …, 2004 - pubs.rsc.org
Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) is a unique solvent with a wide range of interesting
properties. This review focuses upon recent advances in the use of scCO2 in materials …

Nanoparticle-stabilized carbon dioxide-in-water foams with fine texture

AJ Worthen, HG Bagaria, Y Chen, SL Bryant… - Journal of colloid and …, 2013 - Elsevier
The concept of hydrophilic/CO2-philic balance (HCB) was extended to describe stabilization
of carbon dioxide-in-water (C/W) foams (also called emulsions) with silica nanoparticles …

Carbon dioxide‐in‐water foams stabilized with nanoparticles and surfactant acting in synergy

AJ Worthen, SL Bryant, C Huh, KP Johnston - AIChE Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Synergistic interactions at the interface of nanoparticles (bare colloidal silica) and surfactant
(caprylamidopropyl betaine) led to the generation of viscous and stable CO2‐in‐water (C/W) …

Practical applications of small-angle neutron scattering

MJ Hollamby - Physical chemistry chemical physics, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Recent improvements in beam-line accessibility and technology have led to small-angle
neutron scattering (SANS) becoming more frequently applied to materials problems. SANS …

Morphology and Stability of CO2-in-Water Foams with Nonionic Hydrocarbon Surfactants

SS Adkins, X Chen, I Chan, E Torino, QP Nguyen… - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
The morphologies, stabilities, and viscosities of high-pressure carbon dioxide-in-water (C/W)
foams (emulsions) formed with branched nonionic hydrocarbon surfactants were …

Water-in-carbon dioxide microemulsions with methylated branched hydrocarbon surfactants

W Ryoo, SE Webber, KP Johnston - Industrial & engineering …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Nonionic methylated branched hydrocarbon surfactants, poly (ethylene glycol) 2, 6, 8-
trimethyl-4-nonyl ethers, form water-in-carbon dioxide (W/C) microemulsions. A …

Effect of branching on the interfacial properties of nonionic hydrocarbon surfactants at the air–water and carbon dioxide–water interfaces

SS Adkins, X Chen, QP Nguyen, AW Sanders… - Journal of colloid and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The interfacial tensions, surface pressures, and adsorption of nonionic hydrocarbon
surfactants at the air–water (A–W) and carbon dioxide–water (C–W) interfaces were …

CO 2 foam properties and the stabilizing mechanism of sodium bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate and hydrophobic nanoparticle mixtures

C Zhang, Z Li, Q Sun, P Wang, S Wang, W Liu - Soft Matter, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, we have prepared CO2-in-water foam by mixing partially hydrophobic SiO2
nanoparticles and sodium bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) and studied its properties …

[HTML][HTML] Research of CO2-Soluble Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery: Review and Outlook

S Liang, W Luo, Z Luo, W Wang, X Xue, B Dong - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
CO2 foam injection has been shown to be effective under reservoir conditions for enhanced
oil recovery. However, its application requires a certain stability and surfactant absorbability …