This volume provides a complete and systematic assessment of all topics affecting microemulsion performance, and discusses the fundamental characteristics, theories, and applications of these dispersions. With thorough coverage of significant developments of the past ten years, Microemulsions: Practices and Applications encompasses a broad range of topics, including interactions at microemulsion interfaces, new types of surfactants, and the fundamentals of nanotechnology. It outlines experimental and traditional measurement techniques in a variety of microemulsified systems, and provides reliable coverage of the applicable techniques.

From the Preface: “...In quintessence, this book represents the collective knowledge of young and renowned researchers and engineers in the field of microemulsions. This book covers recent advances in the characterization of the properties of microemulsions; it covers new types of materials used for the formulation and stabilization of microemulsions, and it also covers new applications...”

Target Audience: Colloid, surface, physical, and polymer chemists working in a variety of industries.

Table of Contents:

A Phase Diagram Approach to Microemulsions

Physicochemistry of W/O Microemulsions: Formation, Stability, and Droplet Clustering

Percolating Phenomenon in Microemulsions: Effect of External Entity

Influence of Polyethylene Glycols and Polyethylene Glycol Dimethyl Ethers upon the Internal Dynamics of Water in Oil Microemulsions

Microemulsions with Mixed Nonionic Surfactants

Simple Alcohols and Their Role in the Structure and Interactions of Microemulsion Systems

Formation and Characterization of Emulsified Microemulsions

Dynamics of Solvent and Rotational Relaxation of RTILs in RTILs-Containing Microemulsions

Microemulsion Systems and Their Potential as Drug Carriers

Physicochemical Characterization of Pharmaceutically Applicable Microemulsions: Tween 40/Imwitor 308/Isopropyl Myristate/Water

Places of Microemulsion and Emulsion in Cancer Therapy: In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation

Enzyme Kinetics as a Useful Probe for Micelle

Biocatalysis in Microemulsions

Microemulsions as Decontamination Media for Chemical Weapons and Toxic Industrial Chemicals

Microemulsions as Potential Interfacial Chemical Systems Applied in the Petroleum Industry

Nanoparticle Formation in Microemulsions: Mechanism and Monte Carlo Simulations

Nanoparticle Uptake by (W/O) Microemulsions

TiO₂ Nanoparticles in Microemulsion: Photophysical Properties and Interfacial Electron Transfer Dynamics

Microemulsions as Pseudostationary Phases in Electrokinetic Chromatography

Index