Professor (Emeritus), School of Chemical Engineering
Universidad de Los Andes Email: salager@ula.ve
BS Chem (1966), BS ChE ENSIC (1967), Université de Nancy Francia
MSc (1970), PhD (1977), Postdoc (1978) University of Texas at Austin USA
Researcher ranking (ONCTI) PPI level 4
Founder and former director, School of Chemical Engineering (1970-1975) FIRP Laboratory (1978-2006)
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Surfactants & Detergents, American Oil Chemists’ Society (since 2008)
Undergraduate/Graduate Student Tutoring: 100 BS, 60 MSc/PhD
Scientific Publications: 20 book chapters, over 300 articles and communications
Research interests:
Formulation of surfactant-oil-water systems, micro/macroemulsions, phase inversion, foams
Responsible for Research-Development, Counselling and Service Contracts in:
Enhanced oil recovery, crude demulsification, emulsified transport, perforation muds, formulation of emulsions, foams and dispersions. Applications in other various products.
SALAGER J. L., MIÑANA-PEREZ M., PEREZ-SANCHEZ M., RAMIREZ-GOUVEIA M., ROJAS C., Surfactant-oil-water systems near the affinity inversion - Part III: The two kinds of emulsion inversion, J. Dispersion Sci. Technology, 4: 313-329 (1983) [83_JDST_Salager_Part3]
GRACIAA A., LACHAISE J., CUCUPHAT C., BOURREL M., SALAGER J. L., Improving solubilization in micro-emulsions with additives - 1 : The lipophilic linker role, Langmuir 9: 669-672 (1993) [93_LANG_Graciaa_page1]
MIÑANA-PEREZ M., GRACIAA A., LACHAISE J., SALAGER J. L., Solubilization of polar oils with extended surfactants, Colloids & Surfaces A. 100: 217-224 (1995) [95_COLSUA_Minana]
SALAGER J. L., Microemulsions, en Handbook of Detergents - part A: Properties, G. Broze Ed., Surfactant Science Series vol. 82, Chapter 8, pp 253-302, Marcel Dekker New York (1999)
SALAGER J. L., Emulsion properties and related know-how to attain them, en Pharmaceutical Emulsions and Suspensions, F. Nielloud & G. Marti-Mestres, Eds., Drugs and Pharmaceutical Science Series vol. 105, Chap. 3, pp. 73-125, Marcel Dekker, New York (2000)
SALAGER J. L., MARQUEZ N., GRACIAA A., LACHAISE J., Partitioning of ethoxylated octylphenol surfactants in microemulsion-oil-water systems. Influence of temperature and relation between partitioning coefficient and physicochemical formulation, Langmuir, 16: 5534-5539 (2000) [00_LANG_Salager_page1]
SALAGER J. L., BRICEÑO M. I., BRACHO C. L., Heavy Hydrocarbon Emulsions - Making use of the State of the Art in Formulation Engineering, en Encyclopedic Handbook of Emulsion Technology, J. Sjöblom, Ed., Chapter 20 pp. 455-495, Marcel Dekker New York (2001)
SALAGER J. L., ANTON R. E., SABATINI D. A., HARWELL J. H., ACOSTA E. J., TOLOSA L. I., Enhancing Solubilization in Microemulsion – State of the Art and Current Trends, J. Surfactants & Detergents 8: 3-21 (2005)
SALAGER J. L. Emulsion Phase Inversion Phenomena. In Emulsions and Emulsion Stability, J. Sjöblom Ed., 2nd Edition. Surfactant Science Sereis N° 132. Chap. 4 pp 185-226. Taylor and Francis, London (2006)
ANTON R.E., ANDEREZ J. M., BRACHO C., VEJAR F., SALAGER J. L. Practical surfactant mixing rules based on the attainment of microemulsion-oill-water three-phase behavior systems. In Interfacial Processes and Molecular Aggregation. R. Narayanan Ed., Advances Polymer Science, vol. 218 : 83-113 (2008)
SALAGER J. L., ANTON R. E., FORGIARINI A., MARQUEZ L. Formulation of Microemulsions. Chapter 3. In Microemulsions — Background, new concepts, applications, perspectives. C. Stubenrauch, Ed. Chap. 3, pp 84-121, Blackwell Pub. Oxford UK (2008).
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