ABSTRACT
This chapter covers the properties of gemini surfactants in water. Even though it deals with the onset of micelle formation and thermodynamics of micelle formation, these properties are not directly related to the presence of micelles. They are measured just when the first micelles form. The interaction between gemini surfactants and watersoluble polymers is also considered in this chapter because the interaction takes place at low surfactant concentration below the cmc (critical micellization concentration) in the absence of free micelles of gemini surfactant. These aspects of gemini surfactants are not directly related to the properties of the micelles of gemini surfactants reviewed in Chapter 7.
