The physicochemical and functional properties of biosurfactants: a review

S Dini, AEDA Bekhit, S Roohinejad, JM Vale, D Agyei - Molecules, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
Surfactants, also known as surface-active agents, have emerged as an important class of
compounds with a wide range of applications. However, the use of chemical-derived …

Comprehensive review of the interfacial behavior of water/oil/surfactant systems using dissipative particle dynamics simulation

M Ahmadi, E Aliabadian, B Liu, X Lei… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of interfacial behavior in water/oil/surfactant systems is
critical to evaluating the performance of emulsions in various industries, specifically in the oil …

Capsaicin-loaded alginate nanoparticles embedded polycaprolactone-chitosan nanofibers as a controlled drug delivery nanoplatform for anticancer activity

AR Ahmady, A Solouk, S Saber-Samandari… - Journal of Colloid and …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems have been designed into various structures that
can effectively prevent cancer progression and improve the therapeutic cancer index …

Investigation on the structural and dynamical properties of cationic, anionic, and catanionic niosomes as multifunctional controlled drug delivery system for …

A Poustforoosh - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Niosomes are versatile nanocarriers for therapeutic compounds, and optimizing
their structures via ionic surfactants can enhance their functionality considerably. Catanionic …

Functionally modified halloysite nanotubes for personalized bioapplications

J Liao, H Wang, N Liu, H Yang - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) are naturally aluminosilicate clay minerals that have the
benefits of large surface areas, high mechanical properties, easy functionalization, and high …

The menace of severe adverse events and deaths associated with viral gene therapy and its potential solution

A Kachanov, A Kostyusheva, S Brezgin… - Medicinal Research …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, in vivo gene replacement therapy has significantly advanced,
resulting in market approval of numerous therapeutics predominantly relying on adeno …

Chiral carbon nanostructures: a gateway to promising chiral materials

X Niu, Y Liu, R Zhao, L Wang, M Yuan… - Journal of Materials …, 2024‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Chirality is a widespread phenomenon in nature and plays an important role in the life
sciences and materials science. Chiral recognition is the difference in interaction between a …

Developments in small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for characterizing the structure of surfactant-macromolecule interactions and their complex

R Chen, Y Song, Z Wang, H Ji, Z Du, Q Ma… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The surfactant-macromolecule interactions (SMI) are one of the most critical topics for
scientific research and industrial application. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a …

Coco monoethanolamide surfactant as a sustainable corrosion inhibitor for mild steel: theoretical and experimental investigations

R Ganjoo, S Sharma, PK Sharma, O Dagdag… - Molecules, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Recent studies indicate that surfactants are a relatively new and effective class of corrosion
inhibitors that almost entirely meet the criteria for a chemical to be used as an aqueous …

Multicationic Quaternary Ammonium Compounds: A Framework for Combating Bacterial Resistance

MA Seferyan, EA Saverina, NA Frolov… - ACS Infectious …, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
During previous stages of research, high biocidal activity toward microorganism archival
strains has been used as the main indicator in the development of new antiseptic …