COMPUTER SIMULATIONS OF SURFACTANT SELF ASSEMBLY

B. Smit, P. A. J. Hilbers and K. Esselink
Additional contact information
B. Smit: Shell Research B.V., Koninklijke/Shell-Laboratorium Amsterdam, PO Box 3003, 1003 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
P. A. J. Hilbers: Shell Research B.V., Koninklijke/Shell-Laboratorium Amsterdam, PO Box 3003, 1003 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands
K. Esselink: Shell Research B.V., Koninklijke/Shell-Laboratorium Amsterdam, PO Box 3003, 1003 AA Amsterdam, The Netherlands

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 1993, vol. 04, issue 02, 393-400

Abstract: A simple oil/water/surfactant model is used to study the self-assembly of surfactants. The model contains only the most obvious elements: oil and water do not mix, and a surfactant is an amphiphilic molecule, i.e. one side of the molecule likes oil but dislikes water, the other side likes water but dislikes oil. Computer simulations on large oil/water/surfactant systems were performed on a network of 400 transputers using a parallel molecular dynamics algorithm. The simulations yield a complete micellar size distribution function. Furthermore, we observe (equilibrium) dynamical processes such as the entering of single surfactants into micelles, single surfactants leaving micelles, the fusion of two micelles, and the slow breakdown of a micelle.

Date: 1993
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0129183193000422
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:04:y:1993:i:02:n:s0129183193000422

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from

DOI: 10.1142/S0129183193000422

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC) is currently edited by H. J. Herrmann

More articles in International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC) from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().