Since a few years we are working in the field of surfactantless microemulsions [1-3]. These microemulsions are present in a lot of everyday products [4,5]. It even seems, according to our last results, that this kind of structure exists also in systems where water is replaced by glycerol in presence of ethanol and 1-octanol or in deep eutectic solvents, e.g. a mixture of urea and choline chloride (ChCl) with a molar ratio of 2-1, in presence of tetrahydrofufuryl alcohol (THFA) and diethyl adipate. The existence of the nanostructure was detected using dynamic and static light scattering and X-ray scattering.
[1] M. L. Klossek, D. Touraud and W. Kunz, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2013, 15, 10971-10977.
[2] O. Diat, M. L. Klossek, D. Touraud, B. Deme, I. Grillo, W. Kunz and T. Zemb, Journal of Applied Crystallography, 2013, 46, 1665-1669.
[3] S. Schöttl, J. Marcus, O. Diat, D. Touraud, W. Kunz, T. Zemb and D. Horinek, Chemical Sciences, 2014, in press.
[4] J. Marcus, M. L. Klossek, D. Touraud and W. Kunz, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 2013, 28, 294-299.
[5] J. Marcus, M. Müller, J. Nistler, D. Touraud and W. Kunz, Colloids and Surfaces A, in press.
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