Recent developments in the field of micellar polymers

This article describes recent achievements in the field of micellar polymers, or “polysoaps”. Taking advantage of zwitterionic model polymers, systematic variations of the molecular architecture have provided an improved understanding of the relationship between the molecular structure of the polymers and their key properties such as surface activity and solubilization capacity. Useful rules are established, which take into account much of the previous data in the literature.