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  • Title: Dimeric (gemini) surfactants: effect of the spacer group on the association behavior in aqueous solution.
    Author: Zana R.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2002 Apr 15; 248(2):203-20. PubMed ID: 16290524.
    Abstract:
    Dimeric (gemini) surfactants are made up of two amphiphilic moieties connected at the level of, or very close to, the head groups by a spacer group of varying nature: hydrophilic or hydrophobic, rigid or flexible. These surfactants represent a new class of surfactants that is finding its way into surfactant-based formulations. The nature of the spacer group (length, flexibility, chemical structure) has been shown to be of the utmost importance in determining the solution properties of aqueous dimeric surfactants. This paper reviews the effect of the nature of the spacer on some of these properties. The behavior of dimeric surfactants in the submicellar range of concentration, at interfaces, in dilute solution (solubility in water, Krafft temperature, critical micellization concentration, thermodynamics of micelle formation, micelle ionization degree, size, polydispersity, micropolarity and microviscosity, microstructure and rheology of the solutions, solubilization, micelle dynamics, and interaction with polymers) and in concentrated solution (phase behavior) are successively reviewed. Selected results concerning trimeric and tetrameric surfactants are also reviewed.
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