Microbial biosurfactant as an alternate to chemical surfactants for application in cosmetics industries in personal and skin care products: a critical review

A Karnwal, S Shrivastava… - BioMed Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cosmetics and personal care items are used worldwide and administered straight to the
skin. The hazardous nature of the chemical surfactant utilized in the production of cosmetics …

[HTML][HTML] Pickering foams and parameters influencing their characteristics

P Amani, R Miller, A Javadi, M Firouzi - Advances in Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Pickering foams are available in many applications and have been continually gaining
interest in the last two decades. Pickering foams are multifaceted, and their characteristics …

Effect of different co-foaming agents on PFAS removal from the environment by foam fractionation

T Buckley, K Karanam, H Han, HNP Vo, P Shukla… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are recalcitrant, synthetic chemicals that are
ubiquitous in the environment because of their widespread use in a variety of consumer and …

Fluorinated surfactants: A review on recent progress on synthesis and oilfield applications

SMS Hussain, AA Adewunmi, A Mahboob… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The selection of appropriate chemicals and the synthetic method plays an important role in
oilfield application. The objectives of this study are to describe the various synthetic route for …

Effect of mono-and di-valent cations on PFAS removal from water using foam fractionation–A modelling and experimental study

T Buckley, K Karanam, X Xu, P Shukla, M Firouzi… - Separation and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of recalcitrant compounds whose
widespread use in a variety of consumer products has led to contamination of groundwater …

Foam EOR as an optimization technique for gas EOR: A comprehensive review of laboratory and field implementations

A Bello, A Ivanova, A Cheremisin - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Foam-enhanced oil recovery (EOR) is poised to become one of the most promising tertiary
recovery techniques to keep up with the continuously increasing global energy demands …

Salt effects on the dilational viscoelasticity of surfactant adsorption layers

M Firouzi, VI Kovalchuk, G Loglio, R Miller - Current Opinion in Colloid & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Interfacial rheology of adsorbed layers of surfactants, demonstrating the response of the
interface to interfacial deformations, plays a key role in formation and stability of foams and …

Using foam fractionation to estimate PFAS air-water interface adsorption behaviour at ng/L and µg/L concentrations

T Buckley, T Vuong, K Karanam, PHN Vo, P Shukla… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
PFAS are biologically recalcitrant compounds that are persistent in the environment and
have subsequently contaminated groundwater, landfill leachate and surface water. Due to …

Effect of chemical species and temperature on the stability of air nanobubbles

SM Montazeri, N Kalogerakis, G Kolliopoulos - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The colloidal stability of air nanobubbles (NBs) was studied at different temperatures (0–30°
C) and in the presence of sulfates, typically found in mining effluents, in a wide range of …

Study on the Dual Effects of MgCl2 on the Characteristics of Foams Stabilized by Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate

X Cao, W Xia, T Zhao, X Li, P Zhang, X Qin… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the application of foams in the industrial field, there are often high requirements for
foaming ability and stability, but this brings greater pressure for defoaming. This paper …