Water-Soluble Amphiphilic O-(Carboxymethyl)-cellulose Derivatives-Synthesis and Properties

摘要

The growing demand for natural and biodegradable surfactants had evoked a renewed interest in amphiphilic derivatives based on various commercial and non-commercial polysaccharides.Of particular interest are starch,cellulose and their water-soluble derivatives which may gain the properties of biodegradable polymeric surfactants after appropriate chemical modifications leading to a necessary hydrophilic/hydrophobic balance.