Properties and applications of amphoteric surfactant: A concise review

R Sarkar, A Pal, A Rakshit… - Journal of Surfactants and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Amphoteric surfactants have long hydrophobic hydrocarbon chain and hydrophilic positive
as well as negative charged center connected with each other by a spacer group. Thus, this …

Micellization and adsorption of zwitterionic surfactants at the air/water interface

AP Gerola, PFA Costa, F Nome, F Quina - Current opinion in colloid & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Zwitterionic surfactants are formally neutral but with headgroups containing both a positive
charge center and a negative charge center separated from each other by a spacer group …

Enzymeless electrochemical biosensor platform utilizing Cu2O-Au nanohybrids for point-of-care creatinine testing in complex biological fluids

RKR Kumar, A Kumar, MO Shaikh, CY Liao… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Herein, we developed a novel, enzyme-free electrochemical biosensor that can directly
quantify creatinine within complex biological fluids in a highly specific and sensitive manner …

Temporally persistent networks of long-lived mixed wormlike micelles of zwitterionic and anionic surfactants

VS Molchanov, AI Kuklin, AS Orekhov… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Rheometry, small-angle neutron scattering, and cryo-transmission electron microscopy were
combined to investigate the structure and properties of mixed wormlike micelles (WLMs) of …

Greening perfluorocarbon based nanoemulsions by direct membrane emulsification: Comparative studies with ultrasound emulsification

UT Syed, AMA Dias, HC de Sousa, J Crespo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
A systematic experimental methodology was employed to produce oil-in-water (O/W)
nanoemulsions by direct membrane emulsification while exploring first-ever studies on …

Strategies to rationalize enzyme immobilization procedures

DE Sastre, EA Reis, CGCM Netto - Methods in enzymology, 2020 - Elsevier
Enzyme immobilization is a widespread empiric technology to achieve more stable, active
and reusable enzymes. The empiricism can be reduced by the application of rational design …

Influence of Glutaraldehyde Cross-Linking Modes on the Recyclability of Immobilized Lipase B from Candida antarctica for Transesterification of Soy Bean Oil

I A. Modenez, DE Sastre, F C. Moraes… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lipase B from Candida antarctica (CAL-B) is largely employed as a biocatalyst for
hydrolysis, esterification, and transesterification reactions. CAL-B is a good model enzyme to …

Highly ordered interconnected 1 nm pores in polymers fabricated from easily accessible gyroid liquid crystals

H Wu, F Xu, G Gao, X Feng - Macromolecules, 2021 - ACS Publications
Polymerization of bicontinuous cubic (Q) liquid crystals (LCs) can be utilized to produce
technologically useful polymeric materials with 3-D interconnected nanopores of∼ 1 nm …

Promoting the removal of fine particles by surfactants in a novel cyclone with heterogeneous-condensation agglomeration: A combined experimental and molecular …

T Cheng, Y Gao, L Chen, Y Zhang, Q Zeng, K Dong… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Using heterogeneous-condensation agglomeration to enhance removal of fine particles by
conventional equipment is an economical and efficient method. Recently proposed Cloud …

Recyclable colorimetric detection of trivalent cations in aqueous media using zwitterionic gold nanoparticles

W Zheng, H Li, W Chen, J Ji, X Jiang - Analytical chemistry, 2016 - ACS Publications
This report describes a colorimetric assay for trivalent metal cations (M3+) using gold
nanoparticles (AuNPs)-modified with oppositely charged thiols that can form intermolecular …