Smart Wormlike Micelles Design, Characteristics and Applications /

• Main Authors: Feng, Yujun (Author), Chu, Zonglin (Author), Dreiss, Cécile A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Polymers.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Nanotechnology.; Physical Chemistry.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Polymer Sciences.

This Brief provides an up-to-date overview of smart surfactants and describes a broad spectrum of triggers that induce the formation of wormlike micelles or reversibly tune the morphology of surfactant aggregates from wormlike micelles to another state, or vice versa. Combining the fields of chemist...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• pH-responsive wormlike micelles
• Thermo-responsive wormlike micelles
• UV/vis-responsive wormlike micelles
• CO2-switchable wormlike micelles
• Other types of wormlike micelles
• Applications of smart wormlike micelles.