Surfactants & Detergents: Theory, Technology and Application

Dear Colleagues,

Surfactants are a class of natural and synthetic compounds drawing a particular interest due to a broad spectrum of their practical applications. One of the basic challenges that can be met by modern enterprises which undertake a pro-innovative activity is the necessity of monitoring consumer expectations in relation to newly designed products. Most of them are based on a practical application of various physical or biological properties of surfactants which can be classified in different groups such as anionics, cationics, zwitterionics, and nonionics.

Nowadays, it is very hard to generate new surfactant-containing commercial product without a complete understanding of the interdependences occurring between the chemical structure and physical or biological properties of surfactants used as ingredients of any designed product. Therefore, introducing new surfactants in producing chemistry products necessitates the continuous development of not only new and fast but also efficient methods for identification of the applied raw materials. The quality of surfactant ingredients and products as well as the assurance of their safety are regarded as the essential conditions of economic success of these trade enterprises. Having in mind a fulfillment of this condition in a suitably long period it is necessary to conduct a continuous audit of consumer satisfaction, introduce innovative solutions, and also to perform quality control in both raw materials as well as commercially available goods.

This Special Issue aims to collect papers dealing with the quantitative relationships between the chemical structure of surfactants and their physical properties or biological activity in aqueous solutions; in addition, a particular focus on new achievements in the field will be appreciated.

Prof. Dr. Ryszard Zieliński
Prof. Dr. Daria Wieczorek
Guest Editors

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