Microemulsions as reaction media. Self??organizing assemblies in an environmental cleanup problem

FM Menger, H Park

Index: Menger, F. M.; Park, H. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1994 , vol. 113, # 4 p. 176 - 180

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Abstract

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.