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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Microemulsion Microstructure(s): A Tutorial Review.

Giuseppe Tartaro, Helena Mateos, Davide Schirone, Ruggero Angelico, Gerardo Palazzo

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Giuseppe TartaroDepartment of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5036-8725
Helena MateosDepartment of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4574-3532
Davide SchironeDepartment of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6783-6564
Ruggero AngelicoDepartment of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences (DIAAA), University of Molise, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0769-5680
Gerardo PalazzoDepartment of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5504-2177

Funding

CSGI -Center for Colloid and Surface Science CMPT181188H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 722871Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca DOT1302393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable, transparent, isotropic single-phase mixtures of two immiscible liquids stabilized by surfactants (and possibly other compounds). The assortment of very different microstructures behind such a univocal macroscopic definition is presented together with the experimental approaches to their determination. This tutorial review includes a necessary overview of the microemulsion phase behavior including the effect of temperature and salinity and of the features of living polymerlike micelles and living networks. Once these key learning points have been acquired, the different theoretical models proposed to rationalize the microemulsion microstructures are reviewed. The focus is on the use of these models as a rationale for the formulation of microemulsions with suitable features. Finally, current achievements and challenges of the use of microemulsions are reviewed.

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flexible surface modelhydrophilic–lipophilic difference (HLD)microemulsionsnet average curvature (NAC)packing parameterwormlike micelles

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PMID32846957
PMCPMC7558136

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