Main description:

Surfactants are often completely invisible to us and yet they are present in almost every chemical that we use in our daily life. They are found in toothpastes, cosmetics, sunscreens, mayonnaise, detergents, and an array of cleaning products. Traditional surfactants are known to have adverse environmental impacts spurring research into eco-friendly and cost-effective surfactants from renewable resources. Surfactants from Renewable Raw Materials examines the class of surfactants synthesized using plant-based raw materials detailing their properties, applications, bioavailability, and biodegradability. The concluding chapter reviews patent activity over the last decade.

Additional features include:

Addresses the tremendous variation found in the raw materials used to synthesize commercially available surfactants.

Explores the selection of raw materials based upon the desired hydrophobic group or hydrophilic group to be incorporated into the product.

Examines the characteristics and medicinal applications of pulmonary surfactants in preterm babies as well as their probable contribution in COVID-19

Discusses the biodegradability of surfactants to assist with the determination of truly green surfactants.

This comprehensive reference will prove indispensable for professional and academic researchers creating or working with bio-based surfactants.

Contents:

Chapter 01

Surfactants based on Renewable Raw materials: An Introduction

Chapter 02

Non-Edible oils: Potential Feedstock for Synthesis of Amino acid and Sugar based Green Surfactants

Chapter 03

Protein-Based Surfactants

Chapter 04

Steroids, Terpenes and alkaloids based surfactants

Chapter 05

Sugar based Surfactants

Chapter 06

Flavonoid based Surfactants

Chapter 07

Biosurfactants: Introduction, Types and Industrial Applications

Chapter 08

Prospects of biosurfactants in medicine

Chapter 09

Synthesis and Properties of Nano-surfactants

Chapter 10

Novel Nano-Surfactants and their Industrial Applications

Chapter 11

Pulmonary Surfactants: Development and Respiratory Physiology

Chapter 12

Environmental acceptability of Surfactants based on Renewable Raw Materials: Their Biochemical and Biomedical Applications

Chapter 13

Surfactants: Patent Landscape of the Most Versatile Class of Materials