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Structure of surfactants. Surfactants are amphiphilic compounds, with a hydrophilic head group and a hydrophobic tail. In this study, uncharged, anionic, cationic, and zwitterionic surfactants with the designated head groups were used. Surfactants had either eight or twelve carbon tails.
