The information on this page is current but is not official - official information can be found at the Penn State Ph server . The viscous environment restricts particle movement and thus particle aggregation is minimized. Emphasis is on the relationships between the properties of the microemulsion fluid phase and particle characteristics. Important engineering applications of dissolution processes are encountered in hydrometallurgical extraction, surface finishing, and semiconductor device technology.
Interfacial phenomena underlie many of the techniques available for ion and particle separations.
Polymer-salt interactions can induce phase separations in aqueous systems. Publications D. Wei and K. Osseo-Asare. K. Osseo-Asare. 1996. K. Osseo-Asare and K. Mishra. J. Electronic Mater.