Impact of the alkyl chain carbon atom number of uronic acid-derivative surfactants on interfacial and colloidal systems

Uronic acid-derivative surfactants represent today an attractive group of Carbohydrate-based amphiphilic compounds for both fundamental and practical reasons [1,2]. In the continuity of our screening of their basic properties, and the approach in establishing relationships between their structure and properties [3,4], the impact of the alkyl chain carbon atom number on interfacial and colloidal systems has been systematically investigated. In this communication, the effect of odd-even number of carbon atom from C11 to C18, and the particular behavior of long chain derivatives on interfacial properties, as well as their impact on the formation and stability of colloidal systems, are presented. Experimental approaches have been conducted by investigating their properties and behaviors at gas-liquid and liquid-liquid under dynamic, equilibrium, and oscillatory interfacial conditions. Results are completed by and discussed with single molecule models established by theoretical approaches.

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