Supporting Information
Reverse vesicles formed by polypentadeca- and polyeicosa-oxyethylene mono
n-hexadecylethers in cyclohexane
Duoping Yang and Jianxi Zhao*
Institute of Colloid and Interface Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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Fig.S1 Steady-state viscosity curves for (a) C16E15 and (b) C16E20 measured at 25oC, all the
nonionic concentration was kept at 200mmolL1 but different water contents that were
represented as the ratio of water to surfactant W0.
C16E15:
C16E20:
200 mmol·L1,
200 mmol·L1,
Fig.S2 Polarized micrographs at 25
300 mmol·L1,
300 mmol·L1,
oC
400 mmol·L1
400 mmol·L1
for the samples at W0=20 but high surfactant
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Fig.S3 Oscillatory shear rheograms at 25 oC for C16E20 at 200 mmolL1 and W0 = 15 and 20
Fig.S4 Polarized micrographs of the samples (200 mmolL1 and W0 = 20) at 35 oC (top) and 45 oC
(bottom) for C16E15 (left) and C16E20 (right)