New speciality surfactants with natural structural motifs

Mixtures of n-dodecyl-β-d-maltoside and hexaoxyethylene dodecyl ether — Surface properties, bulk properties, foam films, and foams

“…A surfactant with a head group consisting of three ethylene oxide units and an inositol unit is an interesting alternative to the classical glucose units as it has the same molecular formula as conventional hexoses C 6 H 12 O 6 , but a different molecular structure (see Section 6.3 for details). Surface tension studies on this surfactant revealed that its surface activity is "between" that of the pure C 12 E 6 and β-C 12 G 2 , respectively [73], which is a very nice example of a "structureproperty-relationship" and opens the arena for a new family of surfactants [71,72]. Molecular simulation techniques cannot only be used to complement these studies but they also offer a more time and cost effective means compared with experiment.…”

“…Inositols differ from other carbohydrates as, due to their molecular constitution, they allow different types of symmetry, including meso-structures. This unique structural situation allows detailed structure/property studies on various aspects of supramolecular interactions including the influence of the molecular symmetry, which is not possible with other carbohydrates [71,72].…”

Purification, Surface Tensions, and Miscibility Gaps of Alkyldimethyl and Alkyldiethylphosphine Oxides

“…1, are potential candidates that meet these requirements. The synthesis of these surfactants is underway [27].…”

New diamidequat-type surfactants in fabrication of long-sustained theranostic nanocapsules: Colloidal stability, drug delivery and bioimaging

“…Such products are designated for applications in the area of engineering nanostructures or functional interfaces as well as multipurpose tools in biological applications, e.g., in the template-assisted fabrication of drug nanocarriers [14][15][16]. Even slight modifications of the molecular structure with respect to the conventional single head-single tail design by, e.g., grafting with structural labile motifs as the acetal, amide, amine, ester, disulphide, ether or thioether moieties, may lead to new self-assembly and biological functionality of such products, their improved performance and, very often, lower toxicity [17][18][19][20][21][22]. The key issues in surfactant-based formulations are the structure-performance relationships and the chemical compatibility; therefore, much research is being devoted to these areas, especially in relation to the soft (otherwise chemodegradable, destructible, hydrolyzable, cleavable) structures [23][24][25].…”