Design, Characterization and Application of Surfactants
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 1672
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surfactant; emulsions; micelles; foams; stimulus-responsive; colloids
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Surfactants usually consist of hydrophilic and hydrophobic molecular sections. They are commonly used in industry, pharmacology, agriculture, detergents, cosmetics, paintings, textiles, dyeing, polymers, foodstuffs, medicine, oil recovery, and petroleum production. In addition, surfactants have also found applications in microbiology, nanotechnology, micellar catalysts, wet chemicals, and wastewater treatment. The global production of surfactants is more than 10 million tonnes per year. Recently, various surfactants with novel structures and efficient performances have been designed and synthesized, providing more solutions and opportunities for consumer and industrial applications.
The main aim of this Special Issue, entitled “Design, Characterization and Application of Surfactants,” is to provide an open forum where researchers can share their methods for designing and synthesizing novel surfactants, as well as their findings in their unique properties and applications in promising fields. Contributions to this Special Issue, both in the form of original research or review articles, may cover all aspects of the synthesis, characteristics and applications of different types of surfactants. I hope that this issue will increase the understanding of the structures and properties of surfactants and encourage more scholars to share their achievements, and I would like to thank the authors for their valuable contributions.
Prof. Dr. Jianzhong Jiang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- surfactants
- synthesis
- application
- properties
- wettability
- interfacial tension
- micelles
- emulsions
- vesicle
- foams
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