Cationic gemini surfactant properties, its potential as a promising bioapplication candidate, and strategies for improving its biocompatibility: A review

AR Ahmady, P Hosseinzadeh, A Solouk… - Advances in colloid and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Gemini surfactants consist of two cationic monomers of a surfactant linked together with a
spacer. The specific structure of a cationic gemini surfactant is the reason for both its high …

A review of gemini surfactants: potential application in enhanced oil recovery

MS Kamal - Journal of Surfactants and Detergents, 2016‏ - Springer
Gemini surfactants are a group of novel surfactants with more than one hydrophilic head
group and hydrophobic tail group linked by a spacer at or near the head groups. Unique …

[کتاب][B] Surfactants and interfacial phenomena

MJ Rosen, JT Kunjappu - 2012‏ - books.google.com
Now in its fourth edition, Surfactants and Interfacial Phenomena explains why and how
surfactants operate in interfacial processes (such as foaming, wetting, emulsion formation …

Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications

M Rinaudo - Progress in polymer science, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Chitin is the second most important natural polymer in the world. The main sources exploited
are two marine crustaceans, shrimp and crabs. Our objective is to appraise the state of the …

Surfactant control of phases in the synthesis of mesoporous silica-based materials

Q Huo, DI Margolese, GD Stucky - Chemistry of Materials, 1996‏ - ACS Publications
The low-temperature formation of liquid-crystal-like arrays made up of molecular complexes
formed between molecular inorganic species and amphiphilic organic molecules is a …

Dimeric and oligomeric surfactants. Behavior at interfaces and in aqueous solution: a review

R Zana - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2002‏ - Elsevier
Dimeric and oligomeric surfactants are novel surfactants that are presently attracting
considerable interest in the academic and industrial communities working on surfactants …

Transmission electron microscopy as a tool for the characterization of soft materials: application and interpretation

LE Franken, EJ Boekema, MCA Stuart - Advanced Science, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) provides direct structural information on nano‐
structured materials and is popular as a characterization tool in soft matter and …

Mechanism of cationic surfactant adsorption at the solid–aqueous interface

R Atkin, VSJ Craig, EJ Wanless, S Biggs - Advances in colloid and interface …, 2003‏ - Elsevier
Until recently, the rapid time scales associated with the formation of an adsorbed surfactant
layer at the solid–aqueous interface has prevented accurate investigation of adsorption …

Dimeric (gemini) surfactants: effect of the spacer group on the association behavior in aqueous solution

R Zana - Journal of colloid and interface science, 2002‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Gemini surfactants

RR Zana - Novel Surfactants, 2003‏ - taylorfrancis.com
The first reports on gemini surfactants concerned bisquaternary ammonium halide
surfactants. Their biological activity in aqueous solution was studied [13, 16, 17], and …