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most citedNanoemulsion stability: experimental evaluation of the flocculation rate from turbidity measurements

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cond-mat.soft2020

Turbidimetric evaluation of the solubilization rate: dissolution of dodecane nanodrops in 7.5 mM sodium dodecylsulfate solutions at selected sodium chloride concentrations

Jose Daniel Rodriguez, Maurice Espinoza, Kareem Rahn-Chique +1

The rate of micelle solubilization (SR) can be appraised following the decrease of the radius of a macroscopic drop of oil in contact with a surfactant solution [Todorov, 2002]. Al…

cond-mat.soft2020

Electric surface potential of dodecane nano-drops in aqueous solutions of low ioinic strength

Daniela Diaz, Kareem Rahn-Chique, German Urbina-Villalba

While the surface charge of solid particles is a direct consequence of their synthesis, the one of suspended oil drops depends on the adsorption equilibrium of the surrounding mole…

cond-mat.soft2020

Influence of surfactant crystallization on the aggregation rate of dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions. Changes in the viscosity of the external phase

Daniela Diaz, Kareem Rahn-Chique, Neyda Garcia-Valera +1

Rates of aggregation of dodecane-in-water (d/w) nanoemulsions stabilized with 7.5 mM sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) are evaluated beyond 500 mM NaCl. As in the case of hexadecane-in-w…

cond-mat.soft2017★ 5 cited

Nanoemulsion stability above the critical micelle concentration: A contest between solubilization, flocculation and Krafft precipitation

Kareem Rahn-Chique, Oriana Barrientos, German Urbina-Villalba

The relative importance of micelle solubilization and Krafft temperature on the appraisal of the flocculation rate is studied using a dodecane-in-water nanoemulsion as a model syst…

physics.chem-ph2016

Use of the theory of Lifshitz-Slyosov-Wagner for the evaluation of the aqueous solubility of dodecane

Loredana Espinoza, Kareem Rahn-Chique, Issarly Rivas +1

The solubility of dodecane was determined using the theory of Lifshitz-Slyosov-Wagner for the Ostwald ripening phenomenon. For this purpose, a set of dodecane in water nanoemulsion…

cond-mat.soft2015★ 9 cited

Theoretical Prediction and experimental measurement of the mixed flocculation/coalescence rate of ionic Hexadecane-in-water nano-emulsions

German Urbina-Villalba, Neyda Garcia-Valera, Kareem Rahn-Chique

Theoretical calculations of the mixed aggregation/coalescence (kFC) rate corresponding to a set of hexadecane-in-water nano-emulsions stabilized with sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS)…

cond-mat.soft2014

Correct Use of the Lifshitz-Slyosov-Wagner Expression for the Calculation of the Average Radius of an Oil-In-Water (o/w) Emulsion Subject to Coalescence

Kareem Rahn-Chique, German Urbina-Villalba

The analytic expression proposed by Lifshitz-Slyozov and Wagner (LSW theory) for the linear variation of the cube average radius (R3) of an emulsion as function of time (t) is comm…

cond-mat.soft2014

Phase Behavior and Emulsion Stability of the Aot/Decane/ Water/NaCl System at Very Low Volume Fractions of Oil

Yithanllili Bastidas, Lisset Hernaandez, Issarly Rivas +2

The stability of a ternary system composed of decane/water/Aerosol-OT and salt is revisited. Phase diagrams and emulsions similar in composition to those previously studied by Hofm…

cond-mat.soft2013

Influence of ripening and creaming on the aggregation rate of dodecane-in-water nanoemulsions. Is the creaming rate an appropriate measure of emulsion stability?

Yorlis Mendoza, Kareem Rahn-Chique, Antonio M. Puertas +2

The behavior of four oil-in-water (O/W) ioinic nanoemulsions composed of dodecane, and mixtures of dodecane with squalene and tetra-chloro-ethylene is studied. These nanoemulsions…

cond-mat.soft2013★ 5 cited

Short-time Evolution of Alkane-in-Water Nanoemulsions

German Urbina-Villalba, Kareem Rahn-Chique

The stability of alkane-in-water nanoemulsions during the sub-stationary regime is studied by means of Emulsion Stability Simulations (ESS). The effects of Ostwald ripening, floccu…

cond-mat.soft2012★ 97 cited

Nanoemulsion stability: experimental evaluation of the flocculation rate from turbidity measurements

Kareem Rahn-Chique, Antonio M. Puertas, Manuel S. Romero-Cano +2

The coalescence of liquid drops induces a higher level of complexity compared to the classical studies about the aggregation of solid spheres. Yet, it is commonly believed that mos…