Gemini surfactants are a group of novel surfactants with more than one hydrophilic head
group and hydrophobic tail group linked by a spacer at or near the head groups. Unique …

The discovery and design of small organic molecules capable of gelling aqueous solvents
(hydrogelators) is a rapidly expanding area of research, in particular due to their possible …

Dimeric and oligomeric surfactants are novel surfactants that are presently attracting
considerable interest in the academic and industrial communities working on surfactants …

Amphiphilic molecules, of which soap is a typical example, possess antagonistic hydrophilic
and hydrophobic moieties in the same molecule. Carbohydrate amphiphiles, commonly …

Wormlike micelles are elongated flexible self-assembly structures formed by the aggregation
of amphiphiles. Above a threshold concentration, they entangle into a dynamic network …

Dimeric (gemini) surfactants are made up of two amphiphilic moieties connected at the level
of, or very close to, the head groups by a spacer group of varying nature: hydrophilic or …

The first reports on gemini surfactants concerned bisquaternary ammonium halide
surfactants. Their biological activity in aqueous solution was studied [13, 16, 17], and …

From seashells to DNA, chirality is expressed at every level of biological structures. In self-
assembled structures it may emerge cooperatively from chirality at the molecular scale …

This tutorial review deals with one of the most remarkable forms of surfactant aggregates,
described as having a flexible, elongated cylindrical shape. Three structural scale lengths …

Dynamics of Surfactant Self-Assemblies explains the dynamics of micellar equilibria,
tracking surfactant exchange, and micelle formation/breakdown processes. Highlighting the …