Understanding the effect of surfactants’ hydrophobicity on the growth of lanthanum sulfide nanospheres in water-in-oil microemulsions: a detailed dynamic light scattering, small angle X-ray scattering, and microscopy study
Sk Mehebub Rahaman, Anirudh Bardhan, Trishna Mandal, Madhuparna Chakraborty, Kripasindhu Karmakar, Subhendu Dhibar, Shivanjali Sharma, Manab Chakravarty, Samia M. Ibrahim, Bidyut Saha
Abstract
Surfactants’ hydrophobicity controls the growth of lanthanum sulfide nanospheres in a water-in-oil microemulsion.
Topics & Concepts
MicroemulsionChemistryDynamic light scatteringLanthanumSulfideSmall-angle X-ray scatteringScatteringChemical engineeringLight scatteringInorganic chemistryPulmonary surfactantOrganic chemistryNanoparticleOpticsEngineeringPhysicsBiochemistrySurfactants and Colloidal SystemsQuantum Dots Synthesis And PropertiesPickering emulsions and particle stabilization