Las micelas invertidas autoensambladas estabilizan los dominios de líquido iónico en CO2 supercrítico

Aneesh Chandran1, Karthigeyan Prakash, Sanjib Senapati

  • 1Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600036, India.

Resumen

Las simulaciones por computadora revelan cómo se forman las microemulsiones de líquido iónico en dióxido de carbono (IL-en-CO2) El estudio pone de relieve las interacciones entre grupos de aniones como clave para la estabilidad de la microemulsión, ayudando al diseño de tensioactivos para una mayor absorción de CO2 .

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