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What is the highest known temperature where micelles exist?

What are the two liquid phases involved in the formation of roughly spherical micelles at highest possible temperatures? What about a surfactant? At how high temperatures have micelles been observed ...
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Is an emulsion of dish soap and vegetable oil stable?

If I fill a glass jar with water, vegetable oil, and dish soap, then mix it until the oil is completely emulsified, will the mixture stay emulsified indefinitely? Assuming the dish soap and oil are ...
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Functionalizing CTAC stabilized nanoparticles

I am working on functionalizing silver-gold bimetallic nanoparticles. My nanoparticles are stabilized by CTAC(cetyltrimethylammonium chloride).The most articles which I found, are about the ...
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What is the difference between the roles of a surfactant and a stabilizer in the process of nanocrystal growth?

The crystals that I am synthesizing use two different stabilizers CTAB and SDS, but they say one is used as a surfactant and since they are both stabilizers what is the need for both?
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