Green surfactants (biosurfactants): a petroleum-free substitute for Sustainability─ Comparison, applications, market, and future prospects

VS Nagtode, C Cardoza, HKA Yasin, SN Mali… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surfactants are a group of amphiphilic molecules (ie, having both hydrophobic and
hydrophilic domains) that are a vital part of nearly every contemporary industrial process …

[HTML][HTML] Synthesis, chemistry, physicochemical properties and industrial applications of amino acid surfactants: A review

DB Tripathy, A Mishra, J Clark… - Comptes …, 2018 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Résumé Surfactant use throughout mankind is extensive, from their initial applications as
detergents extending to use in medicine, lubricant, cosmetics and even enhanced oil …

Alternative chemical agents for alkalis, surfactants and polymers for enhanced oil recovery: Research trend and prospects

BN Tackie-Otoo, MAA Mohammed, N Yekeen… - Journal of Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery (CEOR) techniques include alkaline, surfactant,
and polymer flooding, as well as their binary and ternary combination such as alkali …

Fundamental investigation of an environmentally-friendly surfactant agent for chemical enhanced oil recovery

M Madani, G Zargar, MA Takassi, A Daryasafar… - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Surfactant injection is an important chemical enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technique with
beneficial impacts for oil recovery from subsurface reservoirs due to interfacial tension (IFT) …

Oil spills: impacts and perspectives of treatment technologies with focus on the use of green surfactants

IA Silva, FCG Almeida, TC Souza, KGO Bezerra… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Oil spills into the oceans cause irreparable damage to marine life and harms the coastal
population of the affected areas. The main measures to be taken in response to an oil spill …

Biodegradability and biocompatibility: Advancements in synthetic surfactants

S Chowdhury, A Rakshit, A Acharjee, B Saha - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2021 - Elsevier
The pre-eminence of surfactants in flexible usability has amplified many folds in recent years
for its exclusiveness and diversity in amphiphilic molecular framework. In the same …

Minireview on CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers: Methods, Opportunities, Challenges, and Perspectives

RT Mim, BM Negash, SR Jufar, F Ali - Energy & Fuels, 2023 - ACS Publications
Deep saline aquifers have received much attention as storage sites of CO2 due to their large
storage capacity. However, many issues like CO2 leakage, low solubility of CO2 in brine …

Cationic surfactants as antifungal agents

ME Fait, L Bakas, GL Garrote, SR Morcelle… - Applied microbiology …, 2019 - Springer
Fungi—in being responsible for causing diseases in animals and humans as well as
environmental contaminations in health and storage facilities—represent a serious concern …

Experimental investigation of the behaviour of a novel amino acid-based surfactant relevant to EOR application

BN Tackie-Otoo, MAA Mohammed - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2020 - Elsevier
Acylated amino acids, a group of amino acid-based surfactants have been the focus of
recent studies as green alternatives to petrochemical-based surfactants yet their enhanced …

Progress in synthesis, properties and application of amino acid surfactants

J Guo, L Sun, F Zhang, B Sun, B Xu, Y Zhou - Chemical Physics Letters, 2022 - Elsevier
Surfactants are widely used in washing, cosmetics, food, medicine, energy, construction,
and other industrial fields. Biomass based surfactants have attracted attention because of …