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Tri‐Chain Hydrocarbon Surfactants as Designed Micellar Modifiers for Supercritical CO 2
Author(s) -
Hollamby Martin J.,
Trickett Kieran,
Mohamed Azmi,
Cummings Stephen,
Tabor Rico F.,
Myakonkaya Olesya,
Gold Sarah,
Rogers Sarah,
Heenan Richard K.,
Eastoe Julian
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200901543
Subject(s) - supercritical fluid , hydrocarbon , chain (unit) , chemical engineering , chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , physics , engineering , astronomy
Getting their feet wet : Low‐cost hydrocarbon surfactants act as fluid modifiers for supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ). Increased terminal branching of the surfactant chains aids micelle formation (see middle picture: CO 2 green), and more chains allows water to be incorporated (right, blue).