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Micellar Properties for Propoxylated Surfactants in Water/Alcohol Solvent Mixtures and Their Antibacterial and Polyester Fabric Antistatic Performances

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Two propoxylated quaternary amine surfactants characterized by two and six average PO adduct numbers (PO-2 and PO-6 QA surfactants) were synthesized to investigate the micellar properties of propoxylated cationic surfactants in water/alcohol mixtures. The effect of PPO groups on micelle formation was explored using conductivity, UV–vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering techniques. Regular or reverse micellization occur with water or alcohol rich solvent mixtures, respectively. For intermediate composition no micellization occurs. Also the performances in antibacterial and antistatic fabrics were studied. PO-2 QA surfactant has excellent antibacterial activities against both the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli and the Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus aureus while both surfactants have good antistatic activity over polyester fabric.

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Acknowledgments

The authors acknowledge the financial support by the International Science and Technology Cooperative Project of China (No. 2013DFA42120), National Science and Technology support projects (No. 2014BAE03B04 and 2014BAE03B03), International Science and Technology Cooperative Project of Shanxi province (No. 2015081046).

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  1. China Research Institute of Daily Chemical Industry, 34# Wenyuan Str., Taiyuan, 030001, Shanxi, People’s Republic of China

    Yongqiang Sun, Chao Wang, Wanxu Wang, Xiuquan Yang & Lifei Zhi

  2. Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico, Via Cintia, M. Sant Angelo, 80126, Naples, Italy

    Martino Di Serio

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Sun, Y., Wang, C., Wang, W. et al. Micellar Properties for Propoxylated Surfactants in Water/Alcohol Solvent Mixtures and Their Antibacterial and Polyester Fabric Antistatic Performances. J Surfact Deterg 19, 543–552 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-016-1801-3

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