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 …

Highlights•Risk assessment of influents and effluents from textile dyeing industries
(TDIs).•The risk assessment included analytical and ecological approaches.•High levels of …

The environmental risk of surfactants requires toxicity measurements. As different test
organisms have different sensitivity to the toxics, it is necessary to establish the most …

Nowadays, water pollution represents a great concern due to population growth,
industrialization, and urbanization. Every day hazardous chemical products for humans and …

Surfactants can be found in an ever-widening variety of products and applications, in which
the combination of several types of surfactants is used to reinforce their properties, looking …

The present study was designed to provide information regarding the effect of the molecular
structure of amphoteric amine-oxide-based surfactants and the initial surfactant …

As the global surfactant market continues to expand, there is an increasing need to develop
bio‐based alternatives in the shift towards a circular economy. This study focuses on the …

Textile dyeing consumes high volumes of water, generating proportional number of colored
effluents which contain several hazardous chemical. These contaminants can implicate in …

Zwitterionic compounds (ZIs) have been attracting much attention due to their properties.
Unlike ionic liquids–constituted by separated ions–the ZI structures with their cations and …

In this work, the toxicity of hydrophilic fumed silica micro-and nanoparticles of various sizes
(7 nm, 12 nm, and 50 μm) was evaluated using the luminescent bacteria Vibrio fischeri. In …