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ArticleJournal of molecular modeling2017

Surfactant chain length and concentration influence on the interfacial tension of two immiscible model liquids: a coarse-grained approach.

R Catarino Centeno, R A Bustamante-Rendón, J S Hernández-Fragoso, I Arroyo-Ordoñez, E Pérez, S J Alas, A Gama Goicochea

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Article in Journal of molecular modeling, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

R Catarino CentenoPosgrado en Ciencias Aplicadas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Lateral Av. Salvador Nava s/n, 78290, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
R A Bustamante-RendónPosgrado en Ingeniería Química, División de Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Av. Tecnológico, 55210, Estado de México, Mexico.
J S Hernández-FragosoPosgrado en Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa, Av. Vasco de Quiroga 4871, 05300, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
I Arroyo-OrdoñezPosgrado en Ingeniería Química, División de Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Av. Tecnológico, 55210, Estado de México, Mexico.
E PérezPosgrado en Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa, Av. Vasco de Quiroga 4871, 05300, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
S J AlasPosgrado en Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Departamento de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Cuajimalpa, Av. Vasco de Quiroga 4871, 05300, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
A Gama GoicocheaPosgrado en Ingeniería Química, División de Ingeniería Química y Bioquímica, Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, Av. Tecnológico, 55210, Estado de México, Mexico. agama@alumni.stanford.edu.
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana · MXAutonomous University of San Luis Potosí · MXTecnológico de Estudios Superiores de EcatepecUniversidad de Ecatepec · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The interfacial tension between immiscible liquids is studied as a function of a model linear surfactant length and concentration using coarse-grained, dissipative particle dynamics numerical simulations. The adsorption isotherms obtained from the simulations are found to be in agreement with Langmuir's model. The reduction of the interfacial tension with increasing surfactant concentration is found to display some common characteristics for all the values of chain length modeled, with our predictions being in agreement with Szyszkowski's equation. Lastly, the critical micelle concentration is predicted for all surfactant lengths, finding exponentially decaying behavior, in agreement with Kleven's model. It is argued that these findings can be helpful guiding tools in the interpretation of available experiments and in the design of new ones with new surfactants and polymers.

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AdsorptionCritical micelle concentrationDissipative particle dynamicsInterfacial tensionSurfactant chain length

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PMID28986687
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