Soft matter
Efficient silicon-containing di-chain anionic surfactants for stabilizing oil-water interfaces in microemulsions.
Adhip Rahman, Julian Eastoe, Ilona E Serafin, Georgina L Moody, Dania M Khairuldin, Saachi Sennik, Sarah E Rogers, Robert M Dalgliesh, Sylvain Prévost
Published: 202610.1039/d5sm00817d
Abstract
New di-chain anionic surfactants containing silicon (Si) atoms in the hydrophobic chain-tips (trimethylsilyl (TMS) hedgehog surfactants) are able to reduce air-water (A-W) surface tension γcmc to as low as ≈22 mN m-1 (A. Czajka, C. Hill, J. Peach, J.…
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