Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies first discusses self-assembling processes taking place in aqueous surfactant solutions and the dynamic character of surfactant self-assemblies. The next chapter reviews methods that permit the study of the dynamics of self-assemblies.

The dynamics of micelles of surfactants and block copolymers, solubilized systems, microemulsions, vesicles, and lyotropic liquid crystals/mesophases are reviewed successively. The similarities and differences in the behavior of these different self-assemblies are pointed out.

Much emphasis is put on the processes of surfactant exchange and of micelle formation/breakdown that determine the surfactant residence time in micelles, and the micelle lifetime.

The last three chapters cover topics for which the dynamics of surfactant self-assemblies can be important for a better understanding of observed behaviors: dynamics of surfactant adsorption on surfaces, rheology of viscoelastic surfactant solutions, and kinetics of chemical reactions performed in surfactant self-assemblies used as microreactors.

Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies offers a unique and comprehensive review of the literature that exists on the dynamics of the various surfactant self-assemblies and a unified perspective on this topic. It provides researchers with a useful guide for the dynamics of the surfactant systems that they wish to investigate.

Contents:

• Methods for the Study of the Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies
• Dynamics of Miceller Solution of Surfactants
• Dynamics in Miceller Solutions of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers
• Dynamic Processes in Microemulsions
• Dynamic Processes in Aqueous Vesicle Systems
• Dynamics of Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Phases of Surfactants and Lipids and of Transitions Between These Phases
• Dynamics of Adsorption of Cationic Surfactants at Air-Water and Solid-Liquid Interfaces
• Rheological Properties of Visoelastic Surfactant Solutions: Relationship with Micelle Dynamics
• Reaction Processes in Self-Assembly Systems

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