ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

The Effect of Electrolyte on Interfacial Structures of Oleo-Furan Sulfonate Surfactants in Mixtures at the Air-Water Interface

Abstract: Anionic surfactants such as linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) are the most used and best characterised commercial surfactants used in detergent products but can involve the use of petrochemicals, toxic catalysts or expensive feedstocks, making them an unsustainable option for the future. This has led industries to try to move towards more biobased and renewable surfactants, however none of these are yet scalable to the extent of current commercial surfactants due to high production costs and/or reduced performance. This research is focused on a bio-sourced ring-based anionic surfactant that has been shown to have high performance and high tolerance for hard water ions when alone in solution. We will investigate how the composition at the air-water interface, in mixed solutions of the anionic surfactant with a standard non-ionic surfactant, are affected upon the addition of mono- and di-valent electrolyte ions.

Principal Investigator: Professor Karen Edler
Experimenter: Ms Laura Deeming
Local Contact: Dr Rebecca Welbourn
Local Contact: Dr Maxmilian Skoda
Experimenter: Miss Maggie Kroon
Experimenter: Dr Subramee Sarkar
Experimenter: Dr Petteri Vainikka

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2310435

ISIS Experiment Number: RB2310435

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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