Surfactants in water and wastewater (greywater): environmental toxicity and treatment options

G Jena, K Dutta, A Daverey - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactant, an emerging pollutant present in greywater, raises the toxicity levels in the water
body. Soap, detergent, and personal care items add surfactant to greywater. Due to …

Application of heterogeneous nano-semiconductors for photocatalytic advanced oxidation of organic compounds: A review

AG Akerdi, SH Bahrami - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) introduce a hopeful technology for the removal of
water polluted with hard degradable organic compounds. Today, one of the main effective …

A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil

A Karthick, B Roy, P Chattopadhyay - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil,
used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health …

An overview on surfactants as pollutants of concern: occurrence, impacts and persulfate-based remediation technologies

RF Nunes, ACSC Teixeira - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactants are molecules that reduce interfacial energy and increase solubility of other
pollutants in water. These properties make them suitable for various domestic and industrial …

Saponins and microbial biosurfactants: potential raw materials for the formulation of cosmetics

KGO Bezerra, RD Rufino, JM Luna… - Biotechnology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The cosmetic industry is currently one of the fasting growing sections of the economy in
many countries. The recent tendency toward the use of cosmetics of a natural origin has …

[HTML][HTML] Study of surface properties of aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate in the presence of hydrochloric acid and heavy metal ions

A Wołowicz, K Staszak - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
The surface properties (equilibrium and kinetic studies) and adsorption characteristics of
sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at the liquid− air interface were presented. The effects of …

Sustainable biosurfactant production from secondary feedstock—recent advances, process optimization and perspectives

Y Miao, MH To, MA Siddiqui, H Wang, S Lodens… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Biosurfactants have garnered increased attention lately due to their superiority of their
properties over fossil-derived counterparts. While the cost of production remains a significant …

Heterogeneous nZVI-induced Fenton oxidation process to enhance biodegradability of excavation by-products

G Vilardi, D Sebastiani, S Miliziano, N Verdone… - Chemical Engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
The treatment of excavation by-products has been studied using Fenton and Heterogeneous
Fenton processes, by the addition of zero-valent iron nanoparticles (nZVI) as catalyzer. This …

Surfactants: combating the fate, impact, and aftermath of their release in the environment

U Arora, HK Khuntia, HN Chanakya… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Surfactants are surface-active compounds widely applied in domestic and industrial
cleansers, disinfection products, and personal care products. The residual surfactants and …

Synthesis and Performance of Biobased Surfactants Prepared by the One-Pot Reductive Amination of l-Arabinose and d-Galacturonic Acid

LM Jansen, KWM van Rijbroek… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Herein, we report a method for the synthesis of biobased surfactants derived from sugar beet
pulp (SBP) monosaccharides, l-Ara and d-GalA. The surfactants were prepared via one-pot …