1st Edition

Surfactant Science and Technology Retrospects and Prospects

Edited By Laurence S. Romsted Copyright 2014
    594 Pages 296 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    593 Pages 296 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Surfactant research explores the forces responsible for surfactant assembly and the critical industrial, medical, and personal applications, including viscosity control, microelectronics, drug stabilization, drug delivery, cosmetics, enhanced oil recovery, and foods. Surfactant Science and Technology: Retrospects and Prospects, "a Festschrift in honor of Dr. Kash Mittal," provides a broad perspective with chapters contributed by leaders in the fields of surfactant-based physical, organic, and materials chemistries. Many of the authors participated in a special symposium in Melbourne, Australia, honoring Kash Mittal’s 100th edited book at the 18th Surfactants in Solution (SIS) meeting. Each chapter provides an overview of a specific research area, with discussions on past, present, and future directions.

    The book is divided into six parts. Part I reviews the evolution of theoretical models for surfactant self-assembly, and introduces a model for interpreting ion-specific effects on aggregate properties. Part II focuses on interactions of surfactant solutions with solid supports; uses contact angles to understand hydrophobic/hydrophilic changes in a lipid layer; uses surface tension to understand molecular arrangements at interfaces; reviews spreading phenomena; discusses pattern formation on solid surfaces; and applies tensiometry to probe flavor components of espresso. Part III discusses novel DNA-based materials, multifunctional poly(amino acid)s–based graft polymers for drug delivery, and polymeric surfactants for stabilizing suspensions and emulsions.

    Part IV introduces farm-based biosurfactants from natural products and "greener" biosurfactants from bacteria. Part V explores lyotropic liquid crystals and their applications in triggered drug release; microemulsion properties and controlled drug release; the role of hydrotopes in formulations and in enhancing solubilization in liquid crystals; the potential of ionic liquids to generate tunable and selective reaction media; and provides an overview of stimuli-responsive surfactants. Focusing on emulsions, Part VI reviews the design of emulsion properties for various commercial applications, the role of surfactants in the oil and gas industries, and surfactant mechanisms for soil removal via microemulsions and emulsification.

    Part I Theory of Self-Assembly and Ion-Specific Effects

    One Hundred Years of Micelles: Evolution of the Theory of Micellization
    Ramanathan Nagarajan

    Ionic Surfactants and Ion-Specific Effects: Adsorption, Micellization, and Thin Liquid Films
    Radomir I. Slavchov, Stoyan I. Karakashev, and Ivan B. Ivanov

    Part II Surfactants at Solid–Liquid Interfaces

    Wettability of Solid-Supported Lipid Layers
    E. Chibowski, Malgorzata Jurak, and Lucyna Holysz

    Surfactant Adsorption Layers at Liquid Interfaces
    R. Miller, V.B. Fainerman, V. Pradines, V.I. Kovalchuk, N.M. Kovalchuk, E.V. Aksenenko, L. Liggieri, F. Ravera, G. Loglio, A. Sharipova, Y. Vysotsky, D. Vollhardt, N. Mucic, R. Wüstneck, J. Krägel, and A. Javadi

    Wetting and Spreading by Aqueous Surfactant Solutions
    Natalia Ivanova and Victor M. Starov

    Wetting Instabilities in Langmuir–Blodgett Film Deposition
    V.I. Kovalchuk, E.K. Zholkovskiy, M.P. Bondarenko, and D. Vollhardt

    Interfacial Studies of Coffee-Based Beverages: From Flavor Perception to Biofuels
    Michele Ferrari, Francesca Ravera, Libero Liggieri, and Luciano Navarini

    Part III Polymeric Surfactants and Polymer/Surfactant Mixtures

    DNA Release from Cross-Linked DNA Gels and DNA Gel Particles
    M. Carmen Morán, Diana Costa, M. Graça Miguel, and Björn Lindman

    Advances in Poly(Amino Acid)s–Based Amphiphilic Graft Polymers and Their Biomedical Applications
    Chan Woo Park, Hee-Man Yang, Se Rim Yoon, and Jong-Duk Kim

    Polymeric Surfactants and Some of Their Applications
    Tharwat Tadros

    Part IV Biosurfactants

    Biosurfactants
    Girma Biresaw

    Microbially Derived Biosurfactants: Sources, Design, and Structure-Property Relationships
    P. Somasundaran, P. Patra, D.J. Albino, and I.M. Nambi

    Part V Formulation and Application of Surfactant Aggregates

    Triggered Drug Release Using Lyotropic Liquid Crystals as Delivery Vehicles
    Dima Libster, Abraham Aserin, and Nissim Garti

    Pharmaceutical Microemulsions and Drug Delivery
    Maung Win, Paul Lang, Manu Vashishtha, and D.O. Shah

    Hydrotropes: Structure and Function
    Krister Holmberg

    Surfactant Ionic Liquids: Potential Structured Reaction Media?
    Paul Brown, Craig Butts, and Julian Eastoe

    Stimuli-Responsive Surfactants: History and Applications
    John Texter

    Part VI Formulation and Application of Emulsions

    Progress in Designing Emulsion Properties Over a Century: Emerging Phenomenological Guidelines from Generalized Formulation and Prospects to Transmute the Knowledge into Know-How
    Jean-Louis Salager, Ana Forgiarini, and Johnny Bullón

    An Overview of Surfactants in Enhanced Oil Recovery
    Paulina M. Mwangi and Dandina N. Rao

    Soil Removal by Surfactants during Cleaning Processes
    Clarence A. Miller

    Biography

    Laurence (Larry) S. Romsted, Ph.D., is a chemistry professor at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in Piscataway. He has published 92 papers using physical organic chemistry methods to probe properties of association colloids, and he has given about 90 invited talks at international meetings and another 90 university seminars. In 1991, he published what proved to be a singularly important paper in Accounts of Chemical Research, "Ion Binding and Reactivity at Charged Aqueous Interfaces," that spread the pseudophase model for micellar catalysis to the world.