Phase behaviour and self-assembly patterns of surfactant mixtures in solutions

Modern trends in studies of solutions of surfactant mixtures are discussed. The emphasis is placed on thermodynamic and molecular-statistical modelling of the phase behaviour and self-assembly patterns. The methods for prediction of properties of mixed micellar solutions based on the data for solutions of individual surfactants and the methods for calculation of the size, shape and composition distribution of micelles using the quasichemical models that take into account the molecular characteristics of components are analysed. Recent studies of surfactant solutions using computer experiments are surveyed. Theoretical approaches to the description of self-assembly phenomena in solutions of amphiphilic polymers and of their mixtures with low-molecular-mass surfactants are discussed.