Aggregate structures in water-in-CO2 microemulsions were studied by high-pressure small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). With liquid CO2 at 15 °C, the partially fluorinated, di-chain surfactant bis(1H,1H,5H-octafluoro-n-pentyl) sodium sulfosuccinate (di-HCF4) stabilized single-phase microemulsions at pressures above ∼400 bar. The maximum water loading (w) investigated was 30 ([water]/[di-HCF4]), representing formation of relatively large water droplets in the microemulsion. Between w = 5 and 30, the SANS data were consistent with a model for attractive polydisperse spherical droplets. A linear relationship between the water droplet radius (R c) and w was found, which gave an apparent head group area for the surfactant of 87 Å2 at the water−CO2 interface. In Winsor II type microemulsions the value of R c, measured in the presence of excess water, increased with pressure from 36 Å at 400 bar to 56 Å at 550 bar.
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