Cationic surfactants: A review

RA Gonçalves, K Holmberg, B Lindman - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023 - Elsevier
Cationic surfactants have gained significant interest since their introduction. Their properties
and adsorption behavior onto different surfaces have driven the development of a plethora …

Improving emulsion formation, stability and performance using mixed emulsifiers: A review

DJ McClements, SM Jafari - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2018 - Elsevier
The formation, stability, and performance of oil-in-water emulsions may be improved by
using combinations of two or more different emulsifiers, rather than an individual type. This …

Comprehensive review on the role of surfactants in the chemical enhanced oil recovery process

S Chowdhury, S Shrivastava, A Kakati… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
With a constant upsurge in energy demand, production from depleted and harsh reservoirs
through enhanced oil recovery techniques (EOR) has significantly increased. Among many …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of surfactant concentration, salinity, temperature, and pH on surfactant adsorption for chemical enhanced oil recovery: a review

AF Belhaj, KA Elraies, SM Mahmood, NN Zulkifli… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Springer
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes have a great potential to maximize oil recovery
factor of the existing reservoirs, where a significant volume of the unrecovered oil after …

[HTML][HTML] Surfactants employed in conventional and unconventional reservoirs for enhanced oil recovery—A review

OT Isaac, H Pu, BA Oni, FA Samson - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the continuous depletion of crude oils in the reserves, and continuous rise in energy
demand, there is currently a widespread interest in various methods of chemical enhanced …

An overview on preparation of emulsion-filled gels and emulsion particulate gels

T Farjami, A Madadlou - Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Emulsion gels are a class of soft solid-like materials. These composite materials
are structurally either a polymeric gel matrix into which emulsion droplets are incorporated …

[HTML][HTML] Emulsion formation and stabilization by biomolecules: The leading role of cellulose

C Costa, B Medronho, A Filipe, I Mira, B Lindman… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Emulsion stabilization by native cellulose has been mainly hampered because of its
insolubility in water. Chemical modification is normally needed to obtain water-soluble …

Self‐Assembly of Precision Noble Metal Nanoclusters: Hierarchical Structural Complexity, Colloidal Superstructures, and Applications

JV Rival, P Mymoona, KM Lakshmi, Nonappa… - Small, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ligand protected noble metal nanoparticles are excellent building blocks for colloidal self‐
assembly. Metal nanoparticle self‐assembly offers routes for a wide range of multifunctional …

Recent advances and discoveries of microbial-based glycolipids: Prospective alternative for remediation activities

YJ Ng, SS Chan, KS Khoo, HSH Munawaroh… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Surfactants have always been a prominent chemical that is useful in various sectors (eg,
cleaning agent production industry, textile industry and painting industry). This is due to the …

Self-assembly, interfacial properties, interactions with macromolecules and molecular modelling and simulation of microbial bio-based amphiphiles (biosurfactants). A …

N Baccile, C Seyrig, A Poirier, S Alonso-de Castro… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Chemical surfactants are omnipresent in consumer products, but they are the subject of
environmental concerns. For this reason, the complete replacement of petrochemical …