Surfactants have been used extensively to appreciate qualitatively and quantify driving forces and methodologies for controlling self-assembling processes and the resultant self-assembled aggregates.

Polymer-based fracturing fluids are widely used in unconventional reservoirs but often fall short in complex conditions. This study synthesizes a novel hydrophobic association water-soluble polymer ...

AGC Inc. has unveiled an innovative process to manufacture fluoropolymers without surfactants, a move that will be key as PFAS chemicals continue to come under closer scrutiny.

The formation of aggregates due to protein misfolding and resulting protein instability is associated with several diseases. Previous studies have shown the potential of sulfobetaine polymer, a ...

With improvements to an inventive process that can transform polyolefins, the most prevalent type of polymer in single-use packaging, into valuable alkylaromatics—molecular building blocks of ...

Pulmonary surfactant proteins have many roles in surfactant- related functions and innate immunity. One of these proteins is the surfactant protein A (SP-A) that plays a role in both ...

Scientists have discovered a chemical process that provides biodegradable, valuable chemicals, which are used as surfactants and detergents in a range of applications, from discarded plastics.

Conjugated polymers are pre-aggregated in solution when polymer–polymer interactions in solution overcome the polymer–solvent interactions. A pioneering work by Nguyen et al. showed that ...

MIDLAND, Mich.—With the launch of the next generation of Vorasurf—Dow Inc.'s low cyclics, low volatile silicone surfactants—flexible polyurethane foam formulators have access to a what the company ...