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Session G19 - DCMP: COMPLEX FLUIDS: MICROEMULSIONS, MICELLES, AND LYOTROPICS
Mixed session, Tuesday afternoon, March 21, 14:30
Room N, San Jose Convention Center
The phenomenon of microphase separation is common to such diverse physical systems as oil-water-surfactant mixtures, diblock copolymers, and metal-ammonia solutions. It has long been realized that frustration, arising from competing interactions, plays a crucial role in these systems. In particular, many models exist that capture qualitatively the essential phenomenology of microemulsions. Here, we discuss the minimalist microscopic model for such systems and present predictions relating observable mesoscopic structure with measured microscopic properties.