ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

The origins of surface activity in naturally occurring surfactants

Abstract: The biobased economy growing substantially and pressure to reduce reliance on palm and crude oil derived materials, demand that Home and Personal Care industries 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. Saponins are naturally occurring glycolipids with between one and 5 sugar groups as headgroups and are of growing interest as natural detergents. We wish to understand the role of the major components of these naturally occurring mixtures by studying the adsorption behaviour of each isolate with a model conventional surfactant.

Principal Investigator: Dr Ian Tucker
Experimenter: Professor Jeffery Penfold
Experimenter: Dr Peixun Li
Experimenter: Dr Andrew Burley
Experimenter: Dr John Webster
Experimenter: Dr Radka Petkova
Experimenter: Mr Matthew Evans

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1520064

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1520064

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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