Table 3.
Radius of the microemulsion droplets
| H | W w | Volume fraction | q Peak | Inv | R c (nm) | (nm) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hexane | CTA-X | Butanol | D2O | R mic (nm) | R c (nm) |
δ (nm) |
K butanol | ||||
| 0.4 | 0.05 | 0.65 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.04 | 2.29 | 1.09 | 1.21 | 0.07 | 1.34 | 2.19 |
| 0.20 | 0.57 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 4.34 | 3.09 | 1.25 | 0.14 | 3.20 | 3.77 | |
| 0.5 | 0.05 | 0.55 | 0.18 | 0.22 | 0.05 | 2.19 | 1.03 | 1.17 | - | 1.17 | 2.00 |
| 0.12 | 0.52 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 2.72 | 1.58 | 1.14 | 0.17 | 1.74 | 2.35 | |
| 0.24 | 0.47 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 3.9 | 2.79 | 1.12 | 0.18 | 2.89 | 3.28 | |
| 0.6 | 0.05 | 0.46 | 0.22 | 0.28 | 0.04 | 1.87 | 0.78 | 1.09 | - | 0.90 | 1.69 |
| 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.19 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 2.94 | 1.91 | 1.03 | 0.11 | 2.04 | 2.49 | |
R c and R mic, the core and the micelle radius, respectively, together with δ, shell thickness from the analysis of the peak position; R c, core radius from the fits; K butanol, butanol partitioning constant (for the distribution between the core and the shell); R h, hydrodynamic radius; W w, weight fraction of water; q Peak, peak position; Inv, invariant.