The biotransformation of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) naphthalene and phenanthrene was investigated by using two dioxygenase-expressing bacteria, Pseudomonas sp. strain 9816/11 and Sphingomonas yanoikuyae B8/36, under conditions which facilitate mass-transfer limited substrate oxidation. Both of these strains are mutants that accumulate cis-dihydrodiol metabolites under the react...

In this paper, the use of surfactants for solubilization of hydrophobic organic dyes (mainly solvent and disperse dyes) has been reviewed. The effect of parameters such as the chemical structures of the surfactant and the dye, addition of salt and of polyelectrolytes, pH, and temperature on dye solubilization has been discussed. Surfactant self-assemble into micelles in aqueous solution and bel...

The self-assembly of dialkyl chain cationic surfactant dihexadecyldimethyl ammonium bromide, DHDAB, and nonionic surfactants monododecyl hexaethylene glycol, C(12)E(6), and monododecyl dodecaethylene glycol, C(12)E(12), mixtures has been studied using predominantly small-angle neutron scattering, SANS. The scattering data have been used to produce a detailed phase diagram for the two surfactant...

Textile wetting involves the displacement of air by surfactant solutions in the fiber matrix. The kinetics of surfactant adsorption is more important than the equilibrium properties of surfactant solutions for the textile wetting process because equilibrium conditions are rarely attained during the time allowed for wetting in textile processing.' Fowkes observed that the log of the wetting time...