A pH, thermal and light triple-stimuli responsive micellar solution formed by a cationic surfactant and <i>trans-o</i>-hydroxycinnamic acid
Dongmei Lv, Qi Liu, Huijun Wu, Yiyao Cheng, Chenyong Wang, Baolin Yin, Xilian Wei, Jing Li
Abstract
A multi-stimuli responsive wormlike micellar solution (pH, temperature and light irradiation) was constructed by mixing a cationic surfactant R 16 HTAB and trans-o -hydroxycinnamic acid OHCA in aqueous solution.
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MicelleCationic polymerizationTransmission electron microscopyChemical engineeringMicellar solutionsViscoelasticityAqueous solutionChemistryRheologyMaterials sciencePulmonary surfactantArrhenius equationPolymer chemistryOrganic chemistryNanotechnologyActivation energyComposite materialEngineeringSurfactants and Colloidal SystemsEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesElectrostatics and Colloid Interactions