Gang WU, Xian-jing JI, Tian-tian ZHANG, Shuang-qing SUN, Chun-ling LI, Song-qing HU. Molecular Simulation Studies on the Interaction of Polymer and Surfactant: A Review[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2016,29(8):51-60.
Gang WU, Xian-jing JI, Tian-tian ZHANG, Shuang-qing SUN, Chun-ling LI, Song-qing HU. Molecular Simulation Studies on the Interaction of Polymer and Surfactant: A Review[J]. Polymer Bulletin, 2016,29(8):51-60. DOI: 10.14028/j.cnki.1003-3726.2016.08.006.
Polymer/surfactant mixtures are widely used in medicine
biochemistry
petrochemical industry
etc. The understanding on the interaction of polymer and surfactant is significant to guide their application
which therefore attracts many attentions from researchers in this field. With the recent advances in molecular simulations
the interaction of polymer and surfactant has been extensively studied at the molecular level. This article reviews the researches on the interaction of polymer and surfactant in the solution or at the interface based on dissipative particle dynamics (DPD) and coarse-grained molecular dynamics (CG-MD) methods. This review is mainly focused on the neutral polymer/ionic surfactant system and the opposite charged polymer/surfactant system in order to reveal the aggregation behavior of different polymer/surfactant mixtures.