Surfactant microemulsions
AssigneeThe Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
InventorsScott Long, Graciela Arhancet, Brian Grady, Jeff Harwell, Guangzhe Yu
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Abstract
The present invention relates to microemulsions and methods of preparing and using the microemulsions.
Claims31
A microemulsion comprising at least one surfactant comprising a sulfoxide ester moiety of Formula (I), an oil phase, and an aqueous phase, the sulfoxide ester moiety of Formula (I):
- wherein
- R1 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, aryl, or substituted aryl;
- and
- n is an integer from 1 to 20.
The microemulsion of claim 22, wherein the at least one aqueous liquid is de-ionized water.
A method of cleaning an article, the process comprising contacting the article with a microemulsion comprising at least one surfactant comprising a sulfoxide ester moiety of Formula (I):
- wherein
- R1 is alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkenyl, substituted alkenyl, alkynyl, substituted alkynyl, aryl, or substituted aryl;
- and
- n is an integer from 1 to 20.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.