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Microemulsions as reaction media. Self-organizing assemblies in an environmental cleanup problem
✍ Scribed by F.M. Menger; H. Park
- Book ID
- 104589625
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 552 KB
- Volume
- 113
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0513
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A microemulsion system has been developed that simultaneously destroys three environmental contaminants by combined oxidative/hydrolytic pathways. The method is rapid, cheap, and mild. No special equipment (stirrer, heater, photolyzer, etc.) is required. Self‐organization converts a seemingly intractable 8‐component mixture into a useful system, a tactic discovered by living cells long ago.