High-pressure real-time (129)Xe NMR: monitoring of surfactant conformation during the self-assembly of reverse micelles in supercritical carbon dioxide

Idriss Blakey; Kristofer J Thurecht; Andrew K Whittaker

doi:10.1039/b927029a

High-pressure real-time (129)Xe NMR: monitoring of surfactant conformation during the self-assembly of reverse micelles in supercritical carbon dioxide

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Apr 28;46(16):2850-2. doi: 10.1039/b927029a. Epub 2010 Mar 4.

Authors

Idriss Blakey¹, Kristofer J Thurecht, Andrew K Whittaker

Affiliation

¹ The University of Queensland, Centre for Advanced Imaging and Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia 4072.

PMID: 20369204
DOI: 10.1039/b927029a

Abstract

High-pressure (129)Xe NMR has been used to monitor in real time the self-assembly of reverse water-in-supercritical carbon dioxide micelles in the absence of shear, without the need for sensitivity enhancement techniques such as hyperpolarization.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide / chemistry*
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Micelles*
Models, Molecular
Surface-Active Agents / chemistry*
Water / chemistry
Xenon Isotopes

Substances

Micelles
Surface-Active Agents
Xenon Isotopes
Water
Carbon Dioxide