ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Controlling Biosurfactant self assembly in solution

Abstract: Biosurfactants are becoming more commonplace in pharmaceuticals, vaccines and other forms of medicines. With the biobased economy growing substantially and pressure to reduce reliance on palm and crude oil derived materials, it is vital that the Home and Personal Care industry develops frameworks for deploying sustainably sourced alternative materials. Biosurfactants tend to be very similar to nonionic and mild anionic surfactants but with significantly higher molecular weights, generally more than double that of the most commonly used conventional surfactants. We have explored many such glycolipids in recent times and in this proposal wish to study the solution microstructure under conditions where the glycolipid self assembles into liquid crystalline like structures. Understanding the mesophase behaviour is important precursor to commercialisation.

Principal Investigator: Dr Ian Tucker
Local Contact: Dr Diego Alba Venero
Experimenter: Professor Jeffery Penfold
Experimenter: Dr Andrew Burley
Experimenter: Dr John Webster
Experimenter: Dr Peixun Li
Experimenter: Dr Radka Petkova
Experimenter: Dr Ann Terry

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1610039

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1610039

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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