Reversible pH- and photocontrollable carbohydrate-cased surfactants
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2014-09-11
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Wiley Online Library
Abstract
The parallel synthesis and properties of a library of photoswitchable surfactants comprising a hydrophobic butylazobenzene tail-group and a hydrophilic carbohydrate head-group, including the first surfactants to exhibit dual photo- and pH-responsive behavior, is reported. This new generation of surfactants shows varying micelle morphologies, photocontrollable surface tension, and pH-induced aggregation and adsorption. © 2014, WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
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Surfactants, Micellar systems, Photoconductors, pH value, Morphology, Adsorption
Citation
Tabor, R. F., Tan, D. D., Han, S. S., Young, S. A., Seeger, Z. L. E., Pottage, M. J., Garvey, C. J., & Wilkinson, B. L. (2014). Reversible pH- and photocontrollable carbohydrate-cased surfactants. Chemistry – A European Journal, 20(43), 13881-13884. doi:10.1002/chem.201404945