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Combining Microfluidics and Microrheology to Determine Rheological Properties of Soft Matter during Repeated Phase Transitions
Published on: April 19, 2018
Pressure induced phase transitions of TTAB-micellar solutions studied by SANS and Raman spectroscopy
C R Haramagatti1, A Islamov, H Gibhardt
1Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany.
Abstract:
Using small angle neutron scattering in combination with optical Raman spectroscopy, phase transitions in the micellar system tetradecyl-trimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) have been investigated in a wide range of temperatures, pressures and surfactant concentrations. Allowing for the sluggish kinetics of crystallisation, the phase diagram in the p-T-c space could be determined that is dominated by a pronounced two-phase region of coexisting liquid and solid phases at elevated pressures.
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