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Formation of Reverse Micelles in a Room‐Temperature Ionic Liquid
Author(s) -
Moniruzzaman Muhammad,
Kamiya Noriho,
Nakashima Kazunori,
Goto Masahiro
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200700802
Subject(s) - micelle , ionic liquid , pulmonary surfactant , chemistry , ionic bonding , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , aqueous solution , ion , catalysis , engineering , biochemistry
Nanopools of water in ionic liquids: The surfactant AOT forms reverse micelles with water domains in a hydrophobic ionic liquid in the presence of 1‐hexanol (see optically transparent sample B, in figure). These nanopools increase in size with increasing water content.