The effect of uncharged surfactant additives on the oppositely charged polyion/ionic surfactant complexation is usually described as a direct equilibrium association between the polyelectrolyte molecules and free mixed micelles analogous to the polyion/colloidal particle interactions. This approach predicts that the binding of the ionic surfactant to the polyelectrolyte molecules can be complet...

Knowledge of the structure and interactions of mixed polymer/surfactant colloidal systems is essential for simultaneously controlling the stability and rheological properties of colloidal dispersions such as emulsions and lubricating oils [1, 2]. The surfactant and polymer together provide stability against coagulation and control the viscosity of the ̄uid, the practical aim being to produce hig...

Abstract. A Ginzburg-Landau theory is presented on surfactants in polar binary mixtures, which aggregate at an interface due to the amphiphilic interaction. They can be ionic surfactants coexisting with counterions. Including the solvation and image interactions and accounting for a finite volume fraction of the surfactant, we obtain their distributions and the electric potential around an inte...

Pyrene and pyrene-labeled poly(acry1ic acid) were used as fluorescence probes to investigate the interactions between poly(acry1ic acid) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide. The polarity dependence of the vibrational structure of the pyrene emission spectrum indicated the formation of micelle-like surfactant aggregates at concentrations that are significantly below the critical micelle concent...

Although nanoparticles (NPs) are known to increase foam stability, stabilisation is not observed in all surfactant/NP combinations. The present study evaluates the stability of CO2 foams containing mixtures with attractive or repulsive electrostatic interactions at low pH imposed by presence a high-salinity brine. Three ionic surfactants and two oxide NPs (SiO2 Al2O3) were used combinations sim...

Short-range interactions between surfactant and lipid layers are of great importance in technical applications in complex fluids such as foams, dispersions and emulsions, as well as in the formulation and performance of dispersants, detergents and flocculants. It is also of utmost importance in biological systems where interactions between biomembranes influence a range of processes. The field ...

This study aims to develop a visual understanding of the macro-displacement mechanisms associated with heavy oil recovery by water and chemical flooding in 2D system. The sweep efficiency improvements water, surfactant, polymer, surfactant-polymer (SP) were evaluated Hele-Shaw cell no local pore-level trapping fluids. results demonstrated that displacement performance is highly correlated mobil...