SURFACTANT-POLYMER INTERACTIONS

Whereas mixed solutions of a homopolymer and a surfactant show interes ting analogies with mixed polymer solutions; it has been demonstrated recently that mixtures of hydrophobically modified water-soluble polym ers and surfactants show analogies with mixed surfactant systems. Othe r recent progress has concerned the micellization of an ionic surfacta nt on a polyelectrolyte chain: the behavior of polymers in the presenc e of connected surfactant self-assemblies, and surfactant micellizatio n in covalent polymer gels.