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A Systematic Study of Mixed Surfactant Solutions of a Cationic Ester-Bonded Dimeric Surfactant with Cationic, Anionic and Nonionic Monomeric Surfactants in Aqueous Media

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A novel cationic biodegradable dimeric (gemini) surfactant, ethane-1,2-diyl bis(N,N-dimethyl-N-hexadecylammoniumacetoxy) dichloride (16-E2-16), containing an ester-linked spacer was synthesized. Its pure and mixed micellization properties with monomeric surfactants cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride, cetyl pyridinium chloride, sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate, cetyl alcohol ethoxylate (20EO) and tert-octylphenol ethoxylate (9.5EO) were investigated by surface tension measurements at 30 °C. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of 16-E2-16 is well below that of cetyl trimethyl ammonium chloride containing the same number of carbon atoms in the hydrophobic tail per polar head. At different mole fractions of the gemini surfactant, the CMCs of the gemini-conventional binary mixtures were determined and were found to be less than the ideal CMC values in all the cases indicating synergistic interactions. Aggregation number and Stern–Volmer constant, obtained by the fluorescence quenching technique, also support the synergistic behavior of the surfactant systems.

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Acknowledgments

MP acknowledges financial assistance under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, NF is thankful to the University Grants Commission, (India) for a fellowship and to SAIF, CDRI, Lucknow, for providing the1H-NMR facility, and KU thanks the UGC for awarding a Faculty Fellowship under its BSR Program. The help rendered by the Interdisciplinary Biotechnology Unit, AMU, is gratefully acknowledged.

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    Nazish Fatma, Wajid Husain Ansari, Manorama Panda &  Kabir-ud-Din

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Fatma, N., Ansari, W.H., Panda, M. et al. A Systematic Study of Mixed Surfactant Solutions of a Cationic Ester-Bonded Dimeric Surfactant with Cationic, Anionic and Nonionic Monomeric Surfactants in Aqueous Media. J Surfact Deterg 16, 609–620 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-013-1448-2

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