Water diffusion and headgroup mobility in polymer-like reverse micelles: evidence of a sphere-to-rod-to-sphere transition
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A study was conducted to examine the soybean lecithin/water/perdeuterated cyclohexane system through a pulsed gradient spin-echo nuclear magnetic resonance. It was previously established that the polymer-like properties of the system were due to a water-induced one-dimensional growth of the micellar conglomerates into lengthy and flexible cylindrical reverse micelles. Results revealed that the effect of water addition to the system was described as a sphere-to-rod transition at low water content and a rod-to-sphere transition at increased water content.
Publication Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 1520-6106
Year: 1998
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Size polydispersity determination in emulsion systems by free diffusion measurements via PFG-NMR
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A new method to determine particle size distribution from NMR self-diffusion data is presented. The method is not subjected to the usual limitations of standard techniques, like an a priori hypothesis of the form of the distribution, or the prerequisite that suitable experimental conditions exist to enclose the whole volume fraction distribution.
Publication Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 1520-6106
Year: 2004
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Optical absorbance of colloidal suspensions of silver polyhedral nanoparticles
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The optical absorption of colloidal suspensions made of silver nanoparticles with polyhedral shapes is studied. It is found that colloidal suspensions of silver nanoparticles with a small dispersion of size distribution show very few structural shapes.
Publication Name: Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Subject: Chemicals, plastics and rubber industries
ISSN: 1520-6106
Year: 2005
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