화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.13, No.3, 411-415, 2005
Synergistic effect of amphiphiles at oil-water interface: By Monte Carlo simulation
Amphiphile-oil-water system is complicated. The real behavior of amphiphile in the interface is still undnown despite that this behavior is very important in determining the stability of emulsion system. In this paper, the interface properties of amphiphile at oil-water interface were investigated by a square-lattice model Monte Carlo simulation method. The synergistic effect was found for hydrophobic and hydrophilic amphiphile mixture systems; and the synergistic effect disappears or was weakened as the amphiphile at the interface region became dilute with the increasing of temperature.