This volume has been revised and expanded to reflect intensifying interest in surfactant research and to incorporate the most recent innovations in the field. Structure—Performance Relationships in Surfactants, 2nd Ed. presents new material on the adsorption of vesicle-forming surfactants at the air—water interface; fluorinated surfactants with two hydrophobic chains; surface-active properties of telomer-type surfactants with several hydrocarbon chains; the association behavior of amphiphilic dendritic polymers; polymer and surfactant systems; the arrangement of adsorbed surfactants on solid surfaces by AFM observation; and much more. Includes seven entirely new chapters and extensive revisions of the balance of the material.

From the Preface: “Surfactant molecules can self-assemble in water, in oil, and in oil—water or solid—liquid mixtures to give a large variety of colloidal structures. Structure—performance relationships in surfactants are of great importance in nearly all fundamental studies and practical applications of surfactants...Research on new surfactants has been intense in recent years. Now, greatly expanded interest and additional important work in this field have led us to update the book to reflect current trends...”

Target Audience: Physical, surface, and colloid chemists; chemical engineers; and upper-level students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents:

Theoretical Studies of Surfactants:

Theory of Micelle Formation: Quantitative Approach to Predicting Micellar Properties from Surfactant Molecular Structure

Modeling Association and Adsorption of Surfactants

Physicochemical Properties of Surfactants at the Air—Liquid Interface and in Solutions:

Adsorption of Vesicle-Forming Surfactants at the Air—Water Interface

Physicochemical Properties of Bile Salts

Characterization and Functionalization of Biosurfactants

Physicochemical Properties of Ring-Structured Surfactants

Dimeric (Gemini) Surfactants

Fluorinated Surfactants Having Two Hydrophobic Chains

Surface-Active Properties of Telomer-Type Surfactants Having Several Hydrocarbon Chains

Viscoelastic Surfactant Solutions

Microstructures of Nonionic Surfactant—Water Systems: From Dilute Micellar Solution to Liquid Crystal Phase

Association Behavior of Amphiphilic Dendritic Polymers

Polymer/Surfactant Systems

Highly Concentrated Cubic Phase-Based Emulsions

Surfactant Behaviors at the Solid—Liquid Interface:

Adsolubilization and Related Phenomena

Adsorption of Polymer and Surfactant from Their Binary Mixtures on an Oxide Surface

Dispersion of Particles by Surfactants

Arrangement of Adsorbed Surfactants on Solid Surfaces

Index