Video: Bio-inspired surfactants could 'green' many common household products
Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
From cleaning supplies to pharmaceuticals, surfactants are the compounds that make your soap bubbly, your paint spread smoothly and your medication dissolve more easily. Surfactants can be found everywhere because of their unique dispersion ability that helps lower the repulsive forces between liquids and solids or two non-mixing liquids (think oil and water).