O matou o lo'o fa'atauina/gaosimea oSurfactant e leai ni ionic, Anionic Surfactants, Cationic Surfactants maAmphoteric Surfactants, fa'atau oloa maualuga maualuga o surfactants R & D ma le gaosiga, o lo'o ia i matou le auaunaga atoatoa pe a uma ona fa'atau atu ma lagolago fa'apitoa. Faamoemoe e fausia sootaga pisinisi ma oe.
Cationic surfactants e tele lava mea e maua mai ai le amine organik. Ona o le paʻu tasi eletonika i totonu o le nitrogen atoms o latou molelaʻau, e mafai ona latou faʻapipiʻi ma le hydrogen i mole mole oona e ala i faʻamauga hydrogen, ma mafua ai ona ave e vaega amino se tau lelei. O le mea lea, e lelei a latou gaioiga i luga o na o ala o faasalalauga acidic; I ala fa'asalalau alkaline, e faigofie ona fa'afefe ma leiloa le gaioiga i luga. I le faaopoopo atu i le nitrogen-containing cationic surfactants, o loʻo i ai foi se vaega itiiti o cationic surfactants o loʻo i ai le sulfur, phosphorus, arsenic, ma isi elemene.
Cationic surfactants e masani lava ona lelei emulsifying, susu, fufuluina, sterilizing, faamaluluina, anti-static, ma meatotino anti-corrosion, ma e masani ona faʻaaogaina mo faʻamoemoega faʻapitoa e pei o fungicides, fiber softeners, ma anti-static agents.
Ole tele ole cationic surfactants tau fa'apisinisi e maua mai i fa'aputuga o le nitrogen, o lo'o tau'aveina le ion lelei e atoms nitrogen. O lo'o i ai fo'i nisi o mea fou fa'aonaponei o lo'o fa'aolaina o latou tau o ion lelei e atoma e pei o le phosphorus, sulfur, iodine, ma le arsenic. E tusa ai ma le fausaga o vailaʻau o le cationic surfactants, e mafai ona vaevaeina tele i ituaiga e fa: ituaiga masima amine, ituaiga masima ammonium quaternary, ituaiga heterocyclic, ma ituaiga masima rhonium.