Structural studies of ionic liquid-modified microemulsions

Influence of chemical architecture of oils and ionic liquid on the physicochemical and thermodynamic properties and microenvironment of anionic surfactant based microemulsion

“…However, a very few using these kind of surfactants in absence and presence of a cosurfactant/co-solvent/additive have been reported in literature [21][22][23][24]. In view of these reports, we contemplate to undertake a study, which underlines the influence of an imidazolium based IL [hydrophilic, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (bmimCl)] and polar lipophilic oils [R-(+)-limonene (herein, LIM) or isobutyl benzene (herein, IBB)] on the formation and characterization of anionic surfactant, SDS derived w/o microemulsion.…”

Studies on formation and percolation in ionic liquids/TX-100/water microemulsions

“…This second application is probably a more promising option from green chemistry point of view (excludes the use of volatile organic solvents as a nonpolar part of microemulsions), however most of the publications characterize mainly nonaqueous systems, and their number is still increasing [25][26][27][28][29].…”

Direct-Imaging Cryo-SEM of Nanostructure Evolution in Didodecyldimethylammonium Bromide-Based Microemulsions

“…Raba and Koetz [28] used cryo-SEM to image another IL-based ME, but they mention no temperature and concentration control during their specimen preparation, which in the case of the IL-based system may be less crucial. Previously the same group, Rojas et al [29], studied IL-modified MEs by cryo-SEM, but the preservation of nanostructure may not have been good enough.…”