Some cases like; CTAB, CTAOH, TPABr, TPAOH, SDS, etc. are commonly used in laboratory scale uses, but not yet have been industrialized due to high costs. Based on the chemical structures of the long-chain alcohols (such as; pentanol, hexanol and so on) since they are amphiphilic compounds, I presumed that they can be potential cases in forming micelles to form a template structure in nano-meso-structured materials synthesis, but they often are used as co-template or intermicellar agent. Can they be used solely? or any general recommendation?
There are industrial analogs that can replace individual samples of laboratory surfactants. Alcohols, ionic hydrotropes (sodium toluenesulfonate) with low cost can act as co-surfactants, improving their properties.
@Yuri Mirgorod Can for example alcohols or ionic hydrotropes form micelles (or micro-emulsions) on their owns without the aid of any other surfactant materials?
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