The influence of 0.05% sodium polyanethol sulfonate on the growth of 24 strains of Neisseria meningitidis in broth medium was examined; several of the strains were markedly inhibited. A paper disk method was evolved for screening the sensitivity of various bacteria to sodium polyanethol sulfonate on solid medium; the highest sensitivity was observed in N. meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae....

This investigation was undertaken in view of the interest lately aroused in the association of plasma lipids with atherosclerosis. Observations on the antilipemic and anticoagulant activities in man of sodium polyethylene sulfonate, a new drug with heparin-like properties, are presented. Alteration of the serum lipoprotein patterns of these patients observed during the course of the drug admini...

This research describes the effects of shear flow-induced alignment of dispersed single-walled carbon nanotubes in viscous polymer solutions and the application of this alignment strategy to produce epoxy-based composites with superior mechanical properties. Previously, it was shown that the use of an anionic surfactant (i.e. sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate, NaDDBS) in conjunction with a weakly...

Mixtures of cetyltrimethylammonium tosylate (CTAT) and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) in water form a fluid lamellar phase at < or = 40 wt % water but surprisingly turn into viscous gels at higher water fractions. The gels are characterized by spherulite and other bilayer defects consistent with a low bending elasticity, kappa approximately k(B)T, and a nonzero spontaneous curvature. Ca...

Raman scattering and optical absorption spectroscopy are used for the chirality characterization of HiPco single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) dispersed in aqueous solution with the surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate. Radial breathing mode (RBM) Raman peaks for semiconducting and metallic SWNTs are identified by directly comparing the Raman spectra with the Kataura plot. The SWNT diamet...

Free nitrous acid (FNA) serving as a pretreatment is an effective approach to accelerate sludge disintegration. Also, sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS), a type of surfactants, has been determined at significant levels in sewage sludge, which thereby affects the characteristics of sludge. Both FNA pretreatment and sludge SDBS levels can affect short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) generation from s...

Optically transparent thin films with thermochromic properties have been fabricated by means of cointercalation of different molar ratios of 4-(4-anilinophenylazo)benzenesulfonate (AO5) and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDS) into the galleries of a ZnAl layered double hydroxide (LDH). The X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns of these thin films show that they are assembled in a highly c-oriented...

The feasibility of using in vitro methods to predict in vivo critical body residue (CBR) for single surfactants and mixtures by measuring the critical cell residue (CCR) in a hepatic fish cell line (PLHC-1C) was investigated. The CCR values were determined using radiochemical methods to measure the test compound partitioning between media and cells at varying concentrations for three distinctly...

The present work aims to ascertain the mechanisms of surfactant (dodecylbenzene sulfonate; DBS) effects on the aggregation behaviors of TiO2 nanoparticles (TiO2-NPs) in natural water samples. Aggregation experiments were conducted at a TiO2-NPs concentration of 10mg/L in deionized water and in natural water samples via dynamic light scattering and Zeta potential determination. Average attachmen...

This article reports a novel synthetic methodology for preparing Bi2Te3 nanotubes as well tailoring their size and aspect ratio, which provides strong potential interest in the field of thermoelectrics. were synthesized via 1-dodecanethiol (DDT) assisted aqueous two-steps synthesis. One its main advantages is to be easily scalable because it carried under mild experimental conditions. The compl...