Paul Huibers

Research Interests: Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena

• applications of surfactants
  • emulsified fuels - Clean Fuels Technology, Inc.
• interfacial phenomena
• properties of surfactants
• properties of gels and aqueous polymer solutions
• surfactant quantitative structure-property relationships (QSPR/QSAR)
• fluorescence probing of surfactant and polymer solutions
• synergism in mixtures of surfactants
• emulsions and microemulsions
• solvatochromism in micellar solutions
• dynamics of micellar solutions
• micelle/vesicle formation dynamics of anionic/cationic surfactant solutions (SANS, stopped flow)
• micellar kinetics (via pressure jump and temperature jump)
• dynamic surface tension (via the maximum bubble pressure method)
• foaming and antifoaming, foamability, foam stability and aqueous film stability

Paul's publications

Surfactants Virtual Library - an comprehensive index of links to surfactant related web sites

Work Related Links: Chemical Engineering | QSPR | Green Chemistry/Solvent Substitution

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