Abstract: 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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 4, 2005
Publication date:
November 10, 2005
Applicant:
DBL Australia Pty Ltd.
Inventors:
Benjamin Boyd, Gregory Davey, Calum Drummond, Celesta Fong, Patrick Hartley, Irena Krodkiewska, Annette Murphy, Russell Tait, Gregory Warr, Darrell Wells, Darryl Whittaker, Yuerong Ye