Facile control of surfactant lamellar phase transition and adsorption behavior.

ABSTRACT: This study sets out to investigate the effect of the presence of small water-soluble additives on the tunability of the surfactant gel-to-liquid crystalline (L_β-L_α) phase transition temperature (T _m) for a bilayer-forming cationic surfactant and the phase behavior of such surfactant systems on dilution. This is strongly driven by the fact that this type of cationic surfactant has many interesting unanswered scientific questions and has found applications in various areas such as consumer care, the petrochemical industry, food science, etc. The underlying surfactant/additive interactions and the interfacial behavior of lamellar surfactant systems including the surfactant deposition on surfaces can provide new avenues to develop novel product fo

SUBMITTER: Goncalves RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053641 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature