Interaction complexes between polymers and surfactants

Dynamic Light Scattering Study of Nonionic Surfactant (C12E25) Adsorption on Polystyrene Latex Particles: Effect of Poly(ethylene oxide) Chain Size

“…Although few results have been reported on the behavior of neutral polymers together with nonionic surfactants, Szmerekova ´et al provided evidence from gel permeation chromatography that there is a weak interaction between PEO and nonylphenol polyglycol ether surfactants. 24 Our studies 23 also show that the area of the coiled POE chain has the slightly smaller value of 103 Å 2 in the presence of 32 and 100 mM NaBr. This supports the above interpretation since added electrolytes generally weaken dipole interaction when these ions cannot associate with EO units.…”

“…Although few results have been reported on the behavior of neutral polymers together with nonionic surfactants, Szmereková et al . provided evidence from gel permeation chromatography that there is a weak interaction between PEO and nonylphenol polyglycol ether surfactants …”

Determination of the Macromolecular Dimensions of Hydrophobically Modified Polymers by Micellar Size Exclusion Chromatography Coupled With Multiangle Light Scattering

“…Size exclusion chromatography is a useful tool in the study of size and binding equilibria of polymer−surfactant complexes, ,, but a number of difficulties arise in the quantitative interpretation of the results. Multiangle laser light scattering detection provides additional information above that available from typical concentration detectors.…”