Abstract
This chapter reviews the molecular structure, synthesis, interfacial activity, bulk aqueous solution behavior, and commercial applications of silicone surfactants. While providing a historical overview of the technology, the focus is on scientific and technological development in the last ten years. Particular attention is paid to carbohydrate-functional silicones. Silicone surfactants have the intriguing and commercially viable ability to reduce the surface tension of polar and non-polar liquids to values 15–20 mN/m lower than commonly achieved with organic-based surfactants. The latest developments on understanding and commercially exploiting the phenomenon of superwetting are reviewed. Silicone surfactants demonstrate a marked tendency to form aggregate structures featuring surfactant bilayers including vesicles and lamellar liquid crystals. This tendency has been recently applied in the development of silicone vesicles as nanoscale delivery “vehicles” and in the templating of lamellar metal oxide structures. The utilization of these properties is reviewed, including applications as diverse as oil and gas, performance coatings and personal care products.
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Petroff, L.J., Snow, S.A. (2012). Silicone Surfactants. In: Owen, M., Dvornic, P. (eds) Silicone Surface Science. Advances in Silicon Science, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3876-8_9
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