MesoDyn Simulation Study on Phase Diagram of Aerosol OT/isooctane/water System

There is a growing interest in the study of surfactant self-assemble in oil/water/surfactant system because of their applications not only in traditional colloid chemistry but in analytical, synthetic, and medicinal chemistry as well1,2. In these systems, one of the most commonly studied surfactants which can form reverse micelles is sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate, i.e. Aerosol OT (AOT)3. The properties of the AOT reverse micelles have been discussed by some experimental methods4…

MesoDyn Simulation Study on Phase Diagram of Aerosol OT/isooctane/water System

A simple model, i.e. sodium di(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT) represented by one-head and two-tail beads tied together by a harmonic spring and water or isooctane by one bead, was put forward via Dissipative Particles Dynamics (DPD) simulation method. Using the changes of interfacial tension between water and oil phase, a ternary phase diagram of AOT/water/isooctane system was drawn. From the simulation, one conclusion is shown that DPD simulation can be considered as an adjunct to experiments.