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Thermo-responsive Wormlike Micelles

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Smart Wormlike Micelles

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This chapter summarizes findings on the simplest trigger applied to wormlike micellar: temperature. Thermo-thinning systems are not discussed since a viscosity decrease with temperature is a rather general characteristic of most systems. Instead, the unique thermo-viscosifying behaviour displayed by some WLMs and the possibility of imparting a pseudo “sol/gel” transition in specific systems are extensively addressed. These two types of systems show a transition from either a low-viscosity fluid or a viscoelastic solution to a gel-like state by tuning the temperature. The thermo-thickening behaviour and the underlying mechanisms of various types of thermo-thickening wormlike micellar systems (non-ionic, cationic, anionic, and zwitterionic) are discussed in terms of molecular structure–property relationships.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Sichuan, China

    Yujun Feng

  2. Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Zonglin Chu

  3. Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College London, London, UK

    Cécile A. Dreiss

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Feng, Y., Chu, Z., Dreiss, C.A. (2015). Thermo-responsive Wormlike Micelles. In: Smart Wormlike Micelles. SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45950-8_2

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