Green surfactants for corrosion control: Design, performance and applications

C Verma, CM Hussain, MA Quraishi… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants enjoy an augmented share of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity and are well-
known for their anticorrosive potential. The use of non-toxic surfactants is gaining growing …

Sophorolipids: A comprehensive review on properties and applications

S Pal, N Chatterjee, AK Das, DJ McClements… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sophorolipids are surface-active glycolipids produced by several non-pathogenic yeast
species and are widely used as biosurfactants in several industrial applications …

Rice husk waste into various template-engineered mesoporous silica materials for different applications: A comprehensive review on recent developments

AG Gebretatios, ARKK Pillantakath, T Witoon, JW Lim… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Following the discovery of Stöber silica, the realm of morphology-controlled mesoporous
silica nanomaterials like MCM-41, SBA-15, and KCC-1 has been expanded. Due to their …

Selective flotation separation of hemimorphite from quartz using the biosurfactant sodium N-lauroylsarcosinate as a novel collector

K Jia, Y Lu, J Liu, S Cheng, S Liu, Y Cao, G Li - Minerals Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The biosurfactant sodium N-lauroylsarcosinate (LS) was used as a new green collector to
improve the efficiency of recovery of hemimorphite from quartz by flotation. Microflotation …

[HTML][HTML] Basic principles for biosurfactant-assisted (bio) remediation of soils contaminated by heavy metals and petroleum hydrocarbons–A critical evaluation of the …

A Parus, T Ciesielski, M Woźniak-Karczewska… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the fact that rhamnolipids are among the most studied biosurfactants, there are still
several gaps which must be filled. The aim of this review is to emphasize and to indicate …

Advancements in biosurfactant production using agro-industrial waste for industrial and environmental applications

T Sundaram, RK Govindarajan, S Vinayagam… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The adverse effects of waste generation on the environment and public health have raised
global concerns. The utilization of waste as a raw material to develop products with …

Sustainable production of biosurfactants via valorisation of industrial wastes as alternate feedstocks

PS Kumar, G Mohanakrishna, RV Hemavathy… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Globally, the rapid increase in the human population has given rise to a variety of industries,
which have produced a variety of wastes. Due to their detrimental effects on both human and …

Biosurfactants as emerging substitutes of their synthetic counterpart in detergent formula: efficiency and environmental friendly

M Inès, B Mouna, E Marwa, G Dhouha - Journal of Polymers and the …, 2023 - Springer
Detergent products are a formulated mixture of ingredients with a washing or cleaning
power. The most active compounds involved in the cleaning process are the so-called …

Rhamnolipid Self-Aggregation in Aqueous Media: A Long Journey toward the Definition of Structure–Property Relationships

R Esposito, I Speciale, C De Castro, G D'Errico… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The need to protect human and environmental health and avoid the widespread use of
substances obtained from nonrenewable sources is steering research toward the discovery …

[HTML][HTML] The paradigm of prophylactic viral outbreaks measures by microbial biosurfactants

K Kumari, A Nandi, A Sinha, A Ghosh… - Journal of Infection and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent emergence and outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic confirmed the
incompetence of countries across the world to deal with a global public health emergency …