Viscosity modifiers for CO2

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There is a well-documented track record of research into water-in-CO2 (w/c) microemulsions. Using newly discovered CO2 compatible surfactants, the next step is to explore different self-assembly structures in CO2, with the aim of developing creative applications of CO2-based fluid technologies. The focus here is on viscosity modifiers for CO2. Three different strategies are being investigated to generate system-spanning networks: [1] Thread-like micelle (TLM) formation, [2] microemulsion based organogels (MBG¿s) and [3] low-molecular-mass organogelators (LMOG¿s). Promising results have already been obtained for approach [1] (Figure 1), and now a 3-day slot is required to further explore structure in these systems by high pressure SANS (HP-SANS).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24003112
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24003112
Provenance
Creator Dr Dave Steytler; Dr Martin Hollamby; Professor Peter Griffiths; Mr Kevin Mutch; Dr Richard Heenan; Dr Rico Tabor; Professor Julian Eastoe; Dr Kieran Trickett
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2011
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2008-04-28T07:30:15Z
Temporal Coverage End 2008-05-01T09:13:26Z