Polyhydroxyalkanoates, or PHAs, belong to a class of biopolyesters where the
biodegradable PHA polymer is accumulated by microorganisms as intracellular granules …

Traditional mineral oil based plastics are important commodity to enhance the comfort and
quality of life but the accumulation of these plastics in the environment has become a major …

Waste cooking oil (WCO) is largely generated and disposed into the environment, especially
in China and India, making it one of the largest pollutants in the environment. The disposal …

The advancement of science and technology demands chemistry which is safer, smarter and
green by nature. The sustainability of science thus requires well-behaved alternates that …

The increasing environmental concern about chemical surfactants triggers attention to
microbial-derived surface-active compounds essentially due to their low toxicity and …

The demand for bio-based processes and materials in the petrochemical industry has
significantly increased during the last decade because of the expected running out of …

Owing to their natural origin and environmental compatibility, interest in microbial surfactants
or biosurfactants has gained attention during last few years. These characteristics fulfill the …

Biosurfactants are amphiphilic molecules that have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic
moieties which partition preferentially at the interfaces such as liquid/liquid, gas/liquid or …

Surfactants are amphiphilic surface active agents possessing both hydrophilic and
hydrophobic moieties that reduce surface and interfacial tensions by accumulating at the …

Waste cooking oil (WCO) is being generated large scale all over the world; hence it has
devised serious problems of its waste management. Organised collection of WCO in …