Kinetics of aggregation of surfactant monomers into micelles and micellar relaxation are
controlled by two competing mechanisms. The first is the molecular or stepwise mechanism in which
the change of the aggregate size occurs with capture or emission of single surfactant monomer. The
second is the mechanism of fusion of two aggregates at collision and spontaneous fission of
aggregates in fragments due to their internal instabilities. The first mechanism is described by the
Becker-Döring kinetic equations for concentration of molecular aggregates with different
aggregation numbers [1-5]. The second mechanism is described by the generalized Smoluchowski
kinetic equation [6] which includes fragmentation terms as well as traditional coagulation terms. In
fact, the generalized Smoluchowski kinetic equation describes joint action of the molecular and the
fusion-fission mechanisms of surfactant aggregation and disaggregation. Although the basic kinetic
schemes are now clear, there is a lack of direct expe