Bioremediation of PAHs and heavy metals co-contaminated soils: challenges and enhancement strategies

M Ali, X Song, D Ding, Q Wang, Z Zhang, Z Tang - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
Systemic studies on the bioremediation of co-contaminated PAHs and heavy metals are
lacking, and this paper provides an in-depth review on the topic. The released sources and …

A review on the application of chemical surfactant and surfactant foam for remediation of petroleum oil contaminated soil

A Karthick, B Roy, P Chattopadhyay - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Soil, exposed to petroleum oil contaminants (in the form of petrol, diesel, gasoline, crude oil,
used motor oil), may cause potential damage to the environment, animal and human health …

Antifungal activity of silver nanoparticles against Candida spp.

A Panáček, M Kolář, R Večeřová, R Prucek… - Biomaterials, 2009 - Elsevier
The antifungal activity of the silver nanoparticles (NPs) prepared by the modified Tollens
process was evaluated for pathogenic Candida spp. by means of the determination of the …

Surfactants in the environment

T Ivanković, J Hrenović - Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju, 2010 - hrcak.srce.hr
Sažetak Surfactants are a diverse group of chemicals that are best known for their wide use
in detergents and other cleaning products. After use, residual surfactants are discharged into …

Natural and surfactant modified zeolites: A review of their applications for water remediation with a focus on surfactant desorption and toxicity towards microorganisms

PJ Reeve, HJ Fallowfield - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
The objective of this review is to highlight the need for further investigation of microbial
toxicity caused by desorption of surfactant from Surfactant Modified Zeolite (SMZ). SMZ is a …

Microbial rhamnolipid production: a critical re-evaluation of published data and suggested future publication criteria

VU Irorere, L Tripathi, R Marchant, S McClean… - Applied Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
High production cost and potential pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, commonly
used for rhamnolipid synthesis, have led to extensive research for safer producing strains …

An investigation of drug binding ability of a surface active ionic liquid: micellization, electrochemical, and spectroscopic studies

S Mahajan, R Sharma, RK Mahajan - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Keeping in view the use of surfactants in drug delivery, the interactions of surface active
ionic liquids, such as 1-tetradecyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (C14mimBr), with drugs …

Surfactant‐aided mycoremediation of soil contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAHs): progress, limitation, and countermeasures

AK Rathankumar, K Saikia, PS Kumar… - Journal of Chemical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Soil contaminated with hydrophobic organic hydrocarbons, such as polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), pose a serious threat to the ecosystem and human health. Moreover …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of a nano-sized natural clinoptilolite modified by the hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium surfactant on cephalexin drug delivery

A Nezamzadeh-Ejhieh, S Tavakoli-Ghinani - Comptes Rendus Chimie, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of porous materials as host systems for medical applications has been considered
in recent years. The aim of this work is to construct an efficient adsorbent for the adsorption …

Effect of alkyl chain length and head group on surface active and aggregation behavior of ionic liquids in water

NV Sastry, NM Vaghela, VK Aswal - Fluid Phase Equilibria, 2012 - Elsevier
A series of surfactant-like ionic liquids (ILs), typically consisting of a long hydrocarbon tail
and an ionic head group have been synthesized by a direct reaction of 1-methylimidazole …