Urea-, glycerate- and, hydroxyamide-headed hydrocarbon chain lyotropic phases forming surfactants

摘要

The invention provides a compound containing a head group based on urea, glycerol or glycerate and a tail selected from the group consisting of a branched alkyl chain, a branched alkyloxy chain or an alkenyl chain. The compounds may be used as surfactants to form a lyotropic phase that is stable in excess polar solution.