Elucidating the effect of additives on the alkyl chain packing of a double tail cationic surfactant

• Main Authors: Miguel, M. G., Gonçalves, Rui A., Lindman, B., Iwata, T., Lam, Yeng Ming
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Additives; DODAC; Science::Chemistry::Physical chemistry::Colloids
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105626; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/50259
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Hypothesis: Some low molecular weight additives can strongly influence the phase behavior of aqueous surfactant systems, and this offers an important handle to control the properties of surfactant solutions and thus to optimize various formulations concerning stability and performance. Experiments...