10.26180/5cfdaeca1e556
JACKSON ELIAS MOORE
JACKSON ELIAS
MOORE
Viscoelastic solutions formed by alkyl-oligo(ethylene glycol)-glycoside carbohydrate surfactants as potential bio-resourced thickeners
Monash University
2019
Carbohydrate surfactants
Alkyl glycosides
Worm-like micelles
Small-angle neutron scattering
Rheology
Physical Organic Chemistry
2019-06-10 01:13:44
Thesis
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/thesis/Viscoelastic_solutions_formed_by_alkyl-oligo_ethylene_glycol_-glycoside_carbohydrate_surfactants_as_potential_bio-resourced_thickeners/8247146
Twenty-one novel carbohydrate surfactants were synthesised and characterised. Some formed rare elongated aggregates in water which, when entangled, cause the solution to become thick at low concentrations. The aggregates were studied in detail to optimise and maximise their thickening properties. These bio-resourced thickeners have many potential applications in academia and industry as alternatives to current petrochemical-based products.