Cationic surfactants: A review

RA Gonçalves, K Holmberg, B Lindman - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Cationic surfactants have gained significant interest since their introduction. Their properties
and adsorption behavior onto different surfaces have driven the development of a plethora …

The formation of host–guest complexes between surfactants and cyclodextrins

AJM Valente, O Söderman - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Cyclodextrins are able to act as host molecules in supramolecular chemistry with
applications ranging from pharmaceutics to detergency. Among guest molecules surfactants …

Amphiphile nanoarchitectonics: from basic physical chemistry to advanced applications

M Ramanathan, LK Shrestha, T Mori, Q Ji… - Physical Chemistry …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Amphiphiles, either synthetic or natural, are structurally simple molecules with the
unprecedented capacity to self-assemble into complex, hierarchical geometries in …

Hydrophobic interactions control the self-assembly of DNA and cellulose

B Lindman, B Medronho, L Alves… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Desoxyribosenucleic acid, DNA, and cellulose molecules self-assemble in aqueous
systems. This aggregation is the basis of the important functions of these biological …

Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) in DNA and chromatin systems from the perspective of colloid physical chemistry

L Nordenskiöld, X Shi, N Korolev, L Zhao, Z Zhai… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2024 - Elsevier
DNA is a highly charged polyelectrolyte and is prone to associative phase separation driven
by the presence of multivalent cations, charged surfactants, proteins, polymers and colloids …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient light harvesting in self-assembled organic luminescent nanotubes

SK Bhaumik, D Maity, I Basu, S Chakrabarty… - Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Luminescent organic nanotubes derived from the co-assembly of cyanostilbene (CS) based
cationic supramolecular polymers and bio-polyanion heparin, a known anticoagulant, have …

[HTML][HTML] DNA compaction enhances the sensitivity of fluorescence-based nucleic acid assays: a game changer in point of care sensors?

S Sudarsan, A Prabhu, D Prasad, NK Mani - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Fluorescence-based nucleic acid assays frequently exhibit a feeble signal at low analyte
concentrations, necessitating complex, expensive methods such as the development of …

Compaction and decompaction of DNA induced by the cationic surfactant CTAB

E Grueso, C Cerrillos, J Hidalgo, P Lopez-Cornejo - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
A multifaceted study on the interaction of the cationic surfactant CTAB with calf thymus DNA
was carried out by using different techniques. The measurements were done at different …

Magnetic fullerene-DNA/hyaluronic acid nanovehicles with magnetism/reduction dual-responsive triggered release

L Wang, Y Wang, J Hao, S Dong - Biomacromolecules, 2017 - ACS Publications
We created the dual-responsive nanovehicle that can effectively combine and abundantly
utilize magnetic and glutathione (GSH)-reductive triggers to control the drug delivery and …

Controlling the capture and release of DNA with a dual-responsive cationic surfactant

L Xu, L Feng, J Hao, S Dong - ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015 - ACS Publications
A dual-responsive cationic surfactant, 4-ethoxy-4′-(trimethyl-aminoethoxy) azobenzene
trichloromonobromoferrate (azoTAFe), which contains both a light-responsive moiety …