“…In this paper we extend these studies to the interaction between some of the above copolymers, the PS1 and PS4 homologues (with methyl and butyl side groups, respectively), and two types of cationic surfactants: the dimeric surfactants polymethylene-α,ω-bis(dodecyldimethylammonium bromide) (CH 2 ) s -α,ω- [C 12 H 25 N + (CH 3 ) 2 ,Br − ] 2 referred to as 12-s-12, with s = 8 and 1 To whom correspondence should be addressed. 16, and the two-chain surfactants dodecyldimethyl(alkyl)ammonium bromides C 12 H 25 (C s/2 H s )N + (CH 3 ) 2 ,Br − ], referred to as 12-s/2, where s/2 is the carbon number of the alkyl chain, with s/2 = 4, 6, 8. The 12-s/2 surfactants can be formally considered as the monomers of the dimeric surfactants 12-s-12.…”