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Spinodal Decomposition of the Three-Component Microemulsion System: Aot/Water/Decane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

F. Mallamace
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Messina, Vill. S. Agata, C.P. 55, 98166, Messina, Italy
N. Micali
Affiliation:
Institute of Spectroscopic Techniques, C.N.R.,Vill. S. Agata, Salita Sperone 31, 98166, Messina, Italy
S. Trusso
Affiliation:
Institute of Spectroscopic Techniques, C.N.R.,Vill. S. Agata, Salita Sperone 31, 98166, Messina, Italy
S. H. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Nuclear Engineering, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Abstract

We have performed a series of spinodal decomposition measurements of a three-component microemulsion system made of a surfactant AOT, water, and decane. The measurements were made by a temperature jump from a one-phase droplet microemulsion to a two-phase droplet microemulsion along the critical iso-volume fraction line (10%) using the time resolved light scattering intensity technique. All three stages of the evolution were studied. The typical scattering intensity distribution is in good agreement with recent dynamic scaling theories.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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