Advances in the synthesis, molecular architectures and potential applications of gemini surfactants
| Autor: | Maryam Abdinejad, Rakesh Kumar Mahajan, Renu Sharma, Ajar Kamal, Heinz-Bernhard Kraatz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Flexibility (engineering)
Colloid and Surface Chemistry Chemistry Structural diversity Nanotechnology 02 engineering and technology Surfaces and Interfaces Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 010402 general chemistry 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 0210 nano-technology 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences |
| Zdroj: | Advances in Colloid and Interface Science. 248:35-68 |
| ISSN: | 0001-8686 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.032 |
| Popis: | Gemini surfactants have been the subject of intensive scrutiny by virtue of their unique combination of physical and chemical properties and being used in ordinary household objects to multifarious industrial processes. In this review, we summarize the recent developments of gemini surfactants, highlighting the classification of gemini surfactants based on the variation in headgroup polarity, flexibility/rigidity of spacer, hydrophobic alkyl chain and counterion along with potential applications of gemini surfactants, depicting the truly remarkable journey of gemini surfactants that has just come of age. We have focused on those objectives which will act as suitable candidates to take the field forward. The preceding information will permit us to estimate the effect of structural variation on the aggregation behavior of gemini surfactants for nanoscience and biological applications like antimicrobial, anti-fungal agent, better gene and drug delivery agent with low cytotoxicity and biodegradability, which makes them more advantageous for a number of technological processes and hence reduces the impact of these gemini surfactants on the environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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