DIENE GEMINI POLYMERIZABLE SURFACTANTS WITH MIXED CIS AND TRANS ISOMERS THAT FORM BICONTINUOUS CUBIC PHASES

摘要

A polymerizable Gemini surfactant based on tail groups with mixed isomer dienes. The Gemini surfactants may be produced having imidazolium head groups and diene tail groups with a near-equal abundance of the “E” and “Z” isomers. These compounds are lyotropic liquid crystals that can form bicontinuous cubic phases by self-assembly.