Modulation mechanism of the thermo-responsive behavior of methylcellulose aqueous solutions by sulfonate surfactants with varying alkyl chain lengths.
Methylcellulose (MC) is a typical thermo-responsive polysaccharide, whose thermo-responsive behavior arises from the balance between hydrophilic interactions and hydrophobic association. Surfactants are commonly employed as functional additives to regulate the phase transition behavior of MC aqueous solutions. In this...