Glucosides are non-ionic surfactants formed by the condensation of fatty acids with glucose (1). They have cleansing and emulsifying properties, and are used in shampoos and soaps, as well as in leave-on products such as lotions, and sunscreen agents. They are completely biodegradable, making them ecofriendly. Although contact allergies to glucosides have been reported, they are uncommon (2–6)....

The interaction between non-ionic surfactants and cholesterol has been studied by reversed-phase thin-layer chromatography (RP-TLC) using cholesterol impregnated TLC plates and methanol–water mixtures as mobile phases. The RM values obtained were in linear correlation with the methanol concentration of the mobile phase. The intercept obtained from linear regression analysis (RM0), being charact...

The current investigation aims to evaluate the transdermal potential of niosomes bearing a potent non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, piroxicam. Piroxicam-loaded niosomes were prepared and characterized for surface morphology, entrapment efficiency and in vitro permeation across excised rat skin from various proniosome gel formulations using Franz diffusion cells. Various non-ionic surfactants wer...

In recent years, biochar has emerged as a remarkable biosourced material for addressing global environmental, agricultural, biomedical, and energy challenges. However, the performances of rest in part on finely tuning its surface chemical properties, intended to obtain specific functionalities. this review, we tackle treatment with silane other coupling agents such diazonium salts, titanates, i...

The ionic state of an adsorbed gemini surfactant at the air/water interface was investigated using a combination of surface potential and surface tension data. The combined model was developed and successfully described the experimental data. The results verified the existence of three ionic states of the gemini surfactant in the interfacial zone. Furthermore, the model can quantify the adsorbe...

We study self-assembly of surfactants in two dimensions using off-lattice Monte Carlo moves. Here the Monte Carlo moves consist of slithering snake reptation motion of the surfactant chains and kink-jump of the individual monomers. Unlike many previous studies an important feature of our model is that the solution degrees of freedom are kept implicit in the model by appropriate choice of the ph...

Aggregation can have a number of deleterious effects on biotherapeutics including the loss of efficacy, the induction of unwanted immunogenicity, altered pharmacokinetics, and reduced shelf life. Aggregation is ameliorated by the inclusion of surfactants in biotherapeutics formulations, typically non-ionic polymeric ether surfactants. The most commonly used examples are Tween 20 (Polysorbate 20...

Surfactants can be extremely toxic to aquatic species and are introduced to the environment in a variety of ways. It is thus important to understand how other environmental constituents, in this case humic acids (HAs), may alter the toxicity of anthropogenic surfactants. Hatching and mortality assays of Artemia Franciscana were performed for three different toxic surfactants: Triton X-100 (Tx-1...