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The influence of polyols as cosurfactants (propylene glycol PG; glycerol G) and short chain alcohol as a cosolvent (ethanol EtOH) on the formation and solubilization capacity of the systems: hexadecane/monoacylglycerols (MAG)/polyol/water:EtOH, at 60C, was investigated. Electrical conductivity measurement, and the DSC method were applied to determine the structure and type of microemulsions formed. The dimension of the droplets was characterized by DLS. It has been stated that concentration of EtOH has a strong influence on the shape and extend the microemulsion areas and helps to avoid rigid structures such as gels, precipitates, and liquid crystals. It was found that, depending on the concentration of five-component systems, it was possible to obtain fully diluted microemulsions with dispersed particles size dis- tribution ranging from 5 to 30 nm. Studied systems are changing the w/o structure into a bicontinuous system. The results of electrical conductivity showed that the electrical percolation threshold is dependent on the hydration of polar head groups in the whole system and the less rigid interfacial film due to the intercalation of ethanol. In addition, the surfactant/alcohol/polyol can strongly bind water in the inner phase so that it freezes below -10 C and acts in part as ‘bound’ water. In the systems containing more than 50 mass% of polyols, with respect to the water, the all the water was non-freezable. Propylene glycol and glycerol are cryoprotectants protecting biological systems from massive ice crystallization, since they lower the freezing point of water.
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- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
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JOURNAL OF SURFACTANTS AND DETERGENTS
no. 18,
edition 1,
pages 97 - 106,
ISSN: 1097-3958 - Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Bibliographic description:
- Szumała P.: Structure of Microemulsion Formulated with Monoacylglycerols in the Presence of Polyols and Ethanol// JOURNAL OF SURFACTANTS AND DETERGENTS. -Vol. 18, iss. 1 (2015), s.97-106
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s11743-014-1618-x
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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