新兴的微乳技术(英)

Microemulsions as an Emerging Technology

从本世纪４０年代初舒尔曼及其助手发现微乳以来，微乳已被广泛地应用于许多领域。微乳具有很高的界面面积，稳定的热力学特性及对难溶液体的强溶解性，所以它被广泛地用在化妆品、制药、润滑剂、食品、农业喷洒、涂料、环境治理、清洗、燃料、化学合成、微孔介质的合成、提高反应的动力学特性、化学分析等诸多领域。讨论了微乳在新兴技术中的应用研究。

Since the discovery of microemulsions by Schulman and coworkers in the early 1940's,the application of microemulsions have extended to numerous technological areas from tertiary oil recovery to nanoparticle synthesis.The availability of high interfacial area,combined with thermodynamic stability and the ability to solublize otherwise immiscible liquids have led to the use of microemulsions in cosmetics,pharmaceutics,lubrication,food technology,agricultural sprays,coatings,environmental remediation,cleaning,combustion,chemical synthesis,microporous media synthesis,enhanced reaction kinetics,and chemical analysis.This paper discusses the potential applications of microemulsions in emerging technologies.