Magnetic nanoparticles have found application in medical diagnostics such as magnetic resonance imaging and therapies such as cancer treatment. In these applications, it is imperative to have a biocompatible solvent such as water at optimum pH for possible bio-ingestion. In the present work, a synthetic methodology has been developed to get a well-dispersed and homogeneous aqueous suspension of...

Realizing the efficacy of liquid-phase exfoliation technique to obtain a greater quantity graphene, this study demonstrates cost-effective bio-surfactant-assisted few-layer graphene (FLG) with low defect ratio. An ultrasonic bath without any toxic chemicals or chemical modification was employed exfoliate at room temperature. Several state-of-the-art characterization techniques such as TEM, AFM,...

Two agro-based anionic surfactants containing an isosorbide moiety have been synthesized and their amphiphilic properties evaluated. Since isosorbide is now considered as an important platform chemical of the starch industry, these compounds could represent bio-sourced alternatives to the alkyl ether sulfates (notably lauryl ether sulfate, LES) that are based on petroleum-derived ethylene oxide...

The discharge of untreated detergent-bearing waste introduces linear alklcylbenzene sulfonates (LAS) to the aquatic environment. The surfactant persists in some streams and rivers in Nigeria, some is adsorbed to suspended materials and end in the sediment of the receiving water bodies. In this study, bacteria isolated from sediments of some tropical detergent-effluent-polluted streams were test...

The peripheral lungs are a potential entrance portal for nanoparticles into the human body due to their large surface area. The fact that nanoparticles can be deposited in the alveolar region of the lungs is of interest for pulmonary drug delivery strategies and is of equal importance for toxicological considerations. Therefore, a detailed understanding of nanoparticle interaction with the stru...

in this article cloud-point extraction (cpe) was used with chelating agent to extract uranium from aqueous solutions. the methodology used is based on the formation of metal complexes soluble in a micellar phase of surfactant. the metal ions complexes are then extracted into the surfactant-rich phase at a temperature above the cloud-point temperature. the effect of type of surfactants and ligan...

The spreading property of mannosylerythritol lipids (MELs) was investigated in connection with our search for new application in agriculture. The wetting ability of MEL solutions for hydrophobic surfaces was evaluated based on contact angle measurements for several surfactant solutions on abiotic and biotic surfaces. The contact angle of MEL-A solution on a hydrophobic plastic surface at 100 s ...

Our world is under serious threat of environmental degradation, climate change and in association with this the out breaks diseases as pandemics. The devastating impact very recent COVID-19, sharp increase cases Cancer, Pulmonary failure, Heart health has triggered questions for sustainable development pharmaceutical medical sciences. In search inclusive effective strategies to meet today’s dem...