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Assembly and Characterization of Polyelectrolyte Complex Micelles
Published on: March 2, 2020
Cryogenic wormlike micelles
Hongyao Yin1, Yujun Feng, Peixun Li
1Polymer Research Institute, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, P. R. China. yjfeng@scu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Cryogenic wormlike micellar solutions which possess a freezing point far below 0 °C while retaining rheological properties similar to those of ordinary wormlike micellar solutions are fabricated from the self-assembly of a C22-tailed monounsaturated zwitterionic surfactant, erucyl dimethyl amidopropyl betaine, in an ethylene glycol/water co-solvent at subzero temperature. Such fluids may find potential applications in fields where viscoelasticity is highly desired at subfreezing temperatures.

