This extensively revised and expanded second edition of Novel Surfactants discusses the synthesis, purification, properties, and potential applications of popular and emerging surfactant compounds and systems. It offers in-depth coverage of current research trends in green surfactants, the production of surfactants using biotechnological methods, and surfactants based on natural building blocks. Five of the six new chapters analyze aspects of natural surfactants, focusing on surfactants produced by microorganisms, surfactant types based on sugar as hydrophilic building blocks, and surfactant classes based on fatty acids as hydrophobic building blocks. There is also a new chapter on polymeric surfactants.

From the Preface: “...In this new edition the majority of the chapters from the first edition have been updated. Many topics have been expanded to include recent advances and many recent references have been included. The substantial amount of new material included in the second edition is indicative of the rapid development currently taking place in the areas chosen as topics for the first edition...The relatively large percentage of industrial contributors ensures that the surfactant types chosen for reviews are of commercial relevance. As in the first edition of the book, the intention has been to select surfactants that are not yet well established on the market but are not just research curiosities...”

Target Audience: Physical, analytical, surface, colloid, organic, polymer, oil, and medicinal chemists and biochemists; and upper-level students in these disciplines.

Table of Contents:

N-Alkanoyl-N-Alkyl-1-Glycamines

Alkyl Polyglycosides

Sugar Fatty Acid Esters

Novel Saccharide-Based Surfactants

Amino Acid-Based Surfactants

Surfactants Based on Sterols and Other Alicyclic Compounds

Fatty Acid Monoethanol Amide Ethoxylates

Enzymatic Synthesis of Surfactants

Surfactants Produced by Microorganisms

Cleavable Surfactants

Esterquats

Gemini Surfactants

Alpha-Sulfomonocarboxylic Esters

Methyl Ester Ethoxylates

Polymerizable Surfactants

Polymeric Surfactants

Silicone Surfactants

Index