MIXED MICELLES WITH BOLAFORM SURFACTANTS

This paper reviews studies dealing with the formation of mixed micelles in solutions of three types of mixtures of bolaform surfactants and conventional surfactants : (i) of like electrical charges, (ii) of opposite charges and (iii) where the bolaform surfactant is the counterion of the conventional surfactant. The conditions for mixed micellization and the changes of the CMC and micelle aggregation number or molecular weight with the relevant parameters of the mixtures are discussed in relation with the results for mixtures of conventional surfactants.