Alkyl Chain Symmetry Effects in Mixed Cationic–Anionic Surfactant Systems
Alkyl Chain Symmetry Effects in Mixed Cationic–Anionic Surfactant Systems
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10.1006/jcis.1996.0440
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1996-09
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O. Regev;A. Khan
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O. Regev;A. Khan
Abstract We study symmetry effects of hydrophobic tails in mixed oppositely charged surfactant systems. Equal hydrophobicity of the participating surfactants is obtained either (1) by equal hydrocarbon surfactants chain length or (2) by unequal surfactants chain length when one chain is perfluorinated. Three systems were studied: symmetric system of type (1) or (2), and an asymmetric system. Some unusual structural changes are observed in a hydrocarbon–fluorocarbon mixed single-chain oppositely charged surfactant system in the dilute region. Both the cationic hydrocarbon surfactant, dodecytrimethylammoniumchloride (DoTAC), and the anionic fluorocarbon surfactant, sodium perfluorononanoate (SPFN), are separately soluble in water, forming micellar solutions at high water concentration followed by the formation of liquid crystal phases at low water content. Upon mixing the two surfactants in an equimolar ratio at low total surfactant concentration (C