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 …

Biodegradation of ionic liquids–a critical review

A Jordan, N Gathergood - Chemical Society Reviews, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The importance of biodegradation data as part of the design of safer chemicals is presented
using ionic liquids (ILs) as a model study. Structural features that promote/impede IL …

Oils and fats as renewable raw materials in chemistry

U Biermann, U Bornscheuer, MAR Meier… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Oils and fats of vegetable and animal origin have been the most important renewable
feedstock of the chemical industry in the past and in the present. A tremendous geographical …

Controlled polymerization of next-generation renewable monomers and beyond

K Yao, C Tang - Macromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
Natural molecular biomass plays an important role in the field of renewable polymers, as
they can be directly used or derivatized as monomers for controlled polymerization, in a way …

Biodegradable cationic and ionizable cationic lipids: A roadmap for safer pharmaceutical excipients

AM Jörgensen, R Wibel, A Bernkop‐Schnürch - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cationic and ionizable cationic lipids are broadly applied as auxiliary agents, but their use is
associated with adverse effects. If these excipients are rapidly degraded to endogenously …

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 …

Versatile preparation of intracellular-acidity-sensitive oxime-linked polysaccharide-doxorubicin conjugate for malignancy therapeutic

W Xu, J Ding, C Xiao, L Li, X Zhuang, X Chen - Biomaterials, 2015 - Elsevier
Recently, chemotherapy has been one of the most important therapeutic approaches for
malignant tumors. The tumor tissular or intracellular microenvironment-sensitive polymer …

Recent progress in gene therapy to deliver nucleic acids with multivalent cationic vectors

E Junquera, E Aicart - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the potential use as transfecting agents of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA), multivalent
cationic non-viral vectors have received special attention in the last decade. Much effort has …

The biodegradation of monomeric and dimeric alkylammonium surfactants

B Brycki, M Waligórska, A Szulc - Journal of hazardous materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are salts known for having antiseptic and
disinfectant properties. These compounds are toxic to aquatic organisms and should thus be …

Green surfactant in oil recovery: Synthesis of a biocompatible surfactant and feasibility study of its application in foam-based enhanced oil recovery

MJ Rad, O Alizadeh, MA Takassi, M Mokhtary - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing demand for chemical additives in the petroleum industry has raised
environmental consequences that limit their usage due to governmental guidelines …