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Mazurkiewicz E, Lamch Ł, Wilk KA, Obłąk E. Anti-adhesive, anti-biofilm and fungicidal action of newly synthesized gemini quaternary ammonium salts. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14110. [PMID: 38898117 PMCID: PMC11187217 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64859-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Newly synthesized gemini quaternary ammonium salts (QAS) with different counterions (bromide, hydrogen chloride, methylcarbonate, acetate, lactate), chain lengths (C12, C14, C16) and methylene linker (3xCH2) were tested. Dihydrochlorides and dibromides with 12 carbon atoms in hydrophobic chains were characterized by the highest biological activity against planktonic forms of yeast and yeast-like fungi. The tested gemini surfactants also inhibited the production of filaments by C. albicans. Moreover, they reduced the adhesion of C. albicans cells to the surfaces of stainless steel, silicone and glass, and slightly to polystyrene. In particular, the gemini compounds with 16-carbon alkyl chains were most effective against biofilms. It was also found that the tested surfactants were not cytotoxic to yeast cells. Moreover, dimethylcarbonate (2xC12MeCO3G3) did not cause hemolysis of sheep erythrocytes. Dihydrochlorides, dilactate and diacetate showed no mutagenic potential.
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- Edyta Mazurkiewicz
- Department of Physico-Chemistry of Microorganisms, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Engineering and Technology of Chemical Processes, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Engineering and Technology of Chemical Processes, Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Physico-Chemistry of Microorganisms, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 63/77, 51-148, Wrocław, Poland.
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Soliman AA, ElSahaa MA, Elsaeed SM, Zaki EG, Attia AM. Sulfonamide Derivatives as Novel Surfactant/Alkaline Flooding Processes for Improving Oil Recovery. ACS OMEGA 2023; 8:29401-29413. [PMID: 37599960 PMCID: PMC10433505 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c02867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
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Over time, oil consumption has increased along with a continuous demand for petroleum products that require finding ways to increase hydrocarbon production more economically and effectively. So, enhanced oil recovery technologies are believed to be very promising and will serve as a key to meeting the future energy demand. This paper aims to introduce an innovative method to boost the EOR by using two novel types of surfactants synthesized from sulfonamide derivatives. Types I and II surfactants were analyzed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and their characterization was further performed using 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Additionally, the evaluation of these surfactants included interfacial tension measurements at concentrations up to 0.9 wt %. The combination of types I and II surfactants with alkaline (NaOH) was also investigated by the measurements of interfacial tension. A series of coreflood and sandpack tests under high-salinity conditions were carried out to assess the effects of a surfactant alone and alkaline-surfactant as a combination on improving oil recovery. The rock wettability was evaluated using relative permeability saturation curves, and the oil displacement efficiency was determined using fractional flow curves. The coreflood results demonstrated that alkaline-surfactant flooding with the chemical formula 0.2 wt % surfactant type II plus 0.5 wt % NaOH achieved a higher oil recovery of 74% OOIP compared to surfactant flooding with the chemical formula 0.5 wt % surfactant type II (64% OOIP) and waterflooding (saline solution with a 35,000 ppm salinity: 48% OOIP). Moreover, the experimental results showed that under both core and sandpack flood conditions, there was a noticeable reduction in oil-water interfacial tension, a change in rock wettability to more water-wet, and higher efficiency of oil displacement when alkaline was added to the surfactant. Based on current research, the alkaline-surfactant formulation is strongly recommended for chemical flooding because of its high efficacy and relatively low cost.
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- Ahmed Ashraf Soliman
- Petroleum
Engineering and Gas Technology Department, Faculty of Energy and Environmental
Engineering, British University in Egypt
(BUE), El Sherouk
City 11837, Cairo, Egypt
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- Petroleum
Engineering and Gas Technology Department, Faculty of Energy and Environmental
Engineering, British University in Egypt
(BUE), El Sherouk
City 11837, Cairo, Egypt
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- Petroleum
Engineering and Gas Technology Department, Faculty of Energy and Environmental
Engineering, British University in Egypt
(BUE), El Sherouk
City 11837, Cairo, Egypt
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Kalam S, Abu-Khamsin SA, Gbadamosi AO, Patil S, Kamal MS, Hussain SMS, Al-Shehri D, Al-Shalabi EW, Mohanty KK. Static and dynamic adsorption of a gemini surfactant on a carbonate rock in the presence of low salinity water. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11936. [PMID: 37488132 PMCID: PMC10366107 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38930-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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In chemical enhanced oil recovery (cEOR) techniques, surfactants are extensively used for enhancing oil recovery by reducing interfacial tension and/or modifying wettability. However, the effectiveness and economic feasibility of the cEOR process are compromised due to the adsorption of surfactants on rock surfaces. Therefore, surfactant adsorption must be reduced to make the cEOR process efficient and economical. Herein, the synergic application of low salinity water and a cationic gemini surfactant was investigated in a carbonate rock. Firstly, the interfacial tension (IFT) of the oil-brine interface with surfactant at various temperatures was measured. Subsequently, the rock wettability was determined under high-pressure and high-temperature conditions. Finally, the study examined the impact of low salinity water on the adsorption of the cationic gemini surfactant, both statically and dynamically. The results showed that the low salinity water condition does not cause a significant impact on the IFT reduction and wettability alteration as compared to the high salinity water conditions. However, the low salinity water condition reduced the surfactant's static adsorption on the carbonate core by four folds as compared to seawater. The core flood results showed a significantly lower amount of dynamic adsorption (0.11 mg/g-rock) using low salinity water conditions. Employing such a method aids industrialists and researchers in developing a cost-effective and efficient cEOR process.
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- Shams Kalam
- Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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- Centre for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petrolcxeum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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- Centre for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petrolcxeum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, 31261, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
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- Petroleum Engineering Department, Research and Innovation Center on CO2 and Hydrogen (RICH), Khalifa University, PO BOX 127788, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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Zhou Z, Zhou S, Zhang X, Zeng S, Xu Y, Nie W, Zhou Y, Xu T, Chen P. Quaternary Ammonium Salts: Insights into Synthesis and New Directions in Antibacterial Applications. Bioconjug Chem 2023; 34:302-325. [PMID: 36748912 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.2c00598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The overuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of a large number of antibiotic-resistant genes in bacteria, and increasing evidence indicates that a fungicide with an antibacterial mechanism different from that of antibiotics is needed. Quaternary ammonium salts (QASs) are a biparental substance with good antibacterial properties that kills bacteria through simple electrostatic adsorption and insertion into cell membranes/altering of cell membrane permeability. Therefore, the probability of bacteria developing drug resistance is greatly reduced. In this review, we focus on the synthesis and application of single-chain QASs, double-chain QASs, heterocyclic QASs, and gemini QASs (GQASs). Some possible structure-function relationships of QASs are also summarized. As such, we hope this review will provide insight for researchers to explore more applications of QASs in the field of antimicrobials with the aim of developing systems for clinical applications.
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- Zhenyang Zhou
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Anhui Province Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Hefei, Anhui 236000, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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- Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Anhui Institute of Innovative Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymer Materials, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
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Imidazolium based ionic liquids for enhanced oil recovery on the carbonate reservoir. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhi L, Shi X, Zhang E, Gao C, Gai H, Wang H, Liu Z, Zhang T. Synthesis and Performance of Double-Chain Quaternary Ammonium Salt Glucosamide Surfactants. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27072149. [PMID: 35408549 PMCID: PMC9000696 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27072149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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A series of double-chain quaternary ammonium salt surfactants N-[N'[3-(gluconamide)] propyl-N'-alkyl]propyl-N,N-dimethyl-N-alkyl ammonium bromide (CnDDGPB, where n represents a hydrocarbon chain length of 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16) were successfully synthesized from D (+)-glucose δ-lactone, N,N-dimethyldipropylenetriamine, and bromoalkane using a two-step method consisting of a proamine-ester reaction and postquaternization. Their surface activity, adsorption, and aggregation behavior in aqueous solution were investigated via measurements of dynamic/static surface tension, contact angle, dynamic light scattering, and transmission electron microscopy. An analysis of their application performance in terms of wettability, emulsifying properties, toxicity, and antibacterial properties was conducted. The results show that with increasing the carbon chain length of the CnDDGPB surfactants, their critical micelle concentration (CMC) increased and the pC20 and efficiency in the interface adsorption of the target product gradually decreased. Moreover, the influence of the hydrophobic carbon chain length on the surface of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was even greater for the wetting effect, reducing the contact angle to 32° within the length range of C8-C14. The results of the contact angle change and the wettability experiments proved that C10DDGPB exhibited the best wettability. The liquid paraffin and soybean oil emulsification ability of CnDDGPB showed an upward trend followed by a downward trend with the growth of the carbon chain, with C12DDGPB exhibiting the best emulsification performance. The Dlong/Dshort ratio was far lower than 1, which indicates mixed-kinetic adsorption. The surfactants formed spherical micelles and showed a unique aggregation behavior in aqueous solution, which showed an increase-decrease-increase trend with the change in concentration. A cell toxicity and acute oral toxicity experiment showed that the CnDDGPB surfactants were less toxic than the commonly used surfactant dodecyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride (1227). In addition, at a concentration of 150 ppm, CnDDGPB exhibited the same bacteriostatic effect as 1227 at a concentration of 100 ppm. The results demonstrate that sugar-based amide cationic surfactants are promising as environmentally friendly disinfection products.
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- Lifei Zhi
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-130-6800-2395
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Yu W, Zhou X, Kanj MY. Microfluidic Investigation of Foam Coarsening Dynamics in Porous Media at High-Pressure and High-Temperature Conditions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:2895-2905. [PMID: 35192368 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Coarsening or Oswald ripening, induced by interbubble gas diffusion, is considered to dominate foam structure evolution in porous media. We present the first study of trapped foam coarsening dynamics under realistic deep reservoir conditions (up to 3200 psi/22 MPa of pore pressure and 100 °C of temperature) in a high-pressure and high-temperature microfluidic system. The findings are expected to help predict foam structure evolution in applications such as enhanced oil recovery and CO2 geological sequestration. It is shown that, in porous media, larger bubbles grow at the expense of smaller bubbles. The growth rate of the average bubble area (⟨a⟩) over time shows a long-term linear increase when ⟨a⟩ is between 1/5 and 1/2 of the average pore size. The foam coarsening kinetics are determined by the liquid film permeability, gas-liquid interfacial tension, and the molar volume of the dispersed phase. In summary, foams prepared with less water-soluble gases (e.g., N2 and air) and lower foam quality show slower coarsening kinetics due to a lower film permeability. Foam coarsening is more sensitive to surfactant concentration (than surfactant type), as it determines the interfacial tension that controls the mass transfer driving force (capillary pressure difference). The transport properties of the dispersed phase depend strongly on its density, which increases with increasing pore pressure and decreasing temperature. At the same experimental conditions, gas CO2 foam shows a 10-fold faster coarsening rate than N2 foam. However, dense (i.e., liquid and supercritical) CO2 foams show a remarkable 20-500-fold reduction in coarsening kinetics compared with gas N2 and CO2 foams due to the significantly reduced mass transfer driving forces. In a sense, trapped CO2 foam can be stronger than N2 foam at high-pressure and high-temperature conditions.
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- Wei Yu
- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, College of Petroleum Engineering & Geosciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia
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Deng X, Zhou X, Kamal MS, Hussain SMS, Mahmoud M, Patil S. A Modified Contact Angle Measurement Process to Suppress Oil Drop Spreading and Improve Precision. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27041195. [PMID: 35208992 PMCID: PMC8878619 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27041195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Static contact angle measurement is a widely applied method for wettability assessment. Despite its convenience, it suffers from errors induced by contact angle hysteresis, material heterogeneity, and other factors. This paper discusses the oil drop spreading phenomenon that was frequently observed during contact angle measurements. Experimental tests showed that this phenomenon is closely related to surfactants in the surrounding phase, the remaining oil on the rock surface, and oil inside the surrounding phase. A modified contact angle measurement process was proposed. In the modified method, deionized water was used as the surrounding phase, and a rock surface cleaning step was added. Subsequent measurements showed a very low chance of oil drop spreading and improved precision. A further comparison study showed that, when the surrounding phase was deionized water, the measured contact angle values tended to be closer to intermediate-wet conditions compared to the values measured in clean surfactant solutions. This difference became more significant when the surface was strongly water-wet or strongly oil-wet. As a result, the developed process has two prerequisites: that the in-situ contact angle values inside surfactant solutions are not required, and that the wettability alteration induced by the surfactant solution is irreversible.
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- Xiao Deng
- Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; (X.D.); (M.M.)
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; (X.Z.); (S.M.S.H.)
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; (X.Z.); (S.M.S.H.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.K.); (S.P.); Tel.: +966-13-860-8513 (M.S.K.)
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- Center for Integrative Petroleum Research, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; (X.Z.); (S.M.S.H.)
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; (X.D.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia; (X.D.); (M.M.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.K.); (S.P.); Tel.: +966-13-860-8513 (M.S.K.)
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Guerrero-Hernández L, Meléndez-Ortiz HI, Cortez-Mazatan GY, Vaillant-Sánchez S, Peralta-Rodríguez RD. Gemini and Bicephalous Surfactants: A Review on Their Synthesis, Micelle Formation, and Uses. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23031798. [PMID: 35163721 PMCID: PMC8836724 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23031798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The use of surfactants in polymerization reactions is particularly important, mainly in emulsion polymerizations. Further, micelles from biocompatible surfactants find use in pharmaceutical dosage forms. This paper reviews recent developments in the synthesis of novel gemini and bicephalous surfactants, micelle formation, and their applications in polymer and nanoparticle synthesis, oil recovery, catalysis, corrosion, protein binding, and biomedical area, particularly in drug delivery.
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- Lluvia Guerrero-Hernández
- Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna No. 140, Col. San José de los Cerritos, Saltillo 25294, Mexico; (L.G.-H.); (G.Y.C.-M.); (S.V.-S.)
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- CONACyT—Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna No. 140, Col. San José de los Cerritos, Saltillo 25294, Mexico
- Correspondence: (H.I.M.-O.); (R.D.P.-R.); Tel.: +52-(844)-4389830 (ext. 1014) (H.I.M.-O.); +52-(844)-4389830 (ext. 1260) (R.D.P.-R.); Fax: +52-(844)-4389839 (H.I.M.-O.)
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna No. 140, Col. San José de los Cerritos, Saltillo 25294, Mexico; (L.G.-H.); (G.Y.C.-M.); (S.V.-S.)
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna No. 140, Col. San José de los Cerritos, Saltillo 25294, Mexico; (L.G.-H.); (G.Y.C.-M.); (S.V.-S.)
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- Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna No. 140, Col. San José de los Cerritos, Saltillo 25294, Mexico; (L.G.-H.); (G.Y.C.-M.); (S.V.-S.)
- Correspondence: (H.I.M.-O.); (R.D.P.-R.); Tel.: +52-(844)-4389830 (ext. 1014) (H.I.M.-O.); +52-(844)-4389830 (ext. 1260) (R.D.P.-R.); Fax: +52-(844)-4389839 (H.I.M.-O.)
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Chowdhury S, Shrivastava S, Kakati A, Sangwai JS. Comprehensive Review on the Role of Surfactants in the Chemical Enhanced Oil Recovery Process. Ind Eng Chem Res 2022. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Satyajit Chowdhury
- Gas Hydrate and Flow Assurance Laboratory, Petroleum Engineering Program, Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
- Assam Energy Institute, A Centre of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Sivasagar, Assam 785697, India
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- Department of Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248001, India
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- Reservoir Rock Fluid Interaction Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Amingaon, Guwahati 781039, Assam
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- Gas Hydrate and Flow Assurance Laboratory, Petroleum Engineering Program, Department of Ocean Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
- Center of Excellence on Subsurface Mechanics and Geo-Energy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai 600 036, India
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Wang X, Ding W. Two new cationic Gemini surfactants: synthesis, surface activity, and applicability as a corrosion inhibitor. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2021.2013867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Xinxin Wang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, P. R. China
- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Chemical Industry Laboratory of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, P. R. China
- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Chemical Industry Laboratory of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing, P. R. China
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Amri A, Bertilsya Hendri Y, Yin CY, Mahbubur Rahman M, Altarawneh M, Jiang ZT. Very-few-layer graphene obtained from facile two-step shear exfoliation in aqueous solution. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Huang F, Pu C, Lu L, Pei Z, Gu X, Lin S, Wu F, Liu J. Gemini Surfactant with Unsaturated Long Tails for Viscoelastic Surfactant (VES) Fracturing Fluid Used in Tight Reservoirs. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:1593-1602. [PMID: 33490819 PMCID: PMC7818589 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The high dosage of surfactant terribly restrains the extensive application of viscoelastic surfactant (VES) fracturing fluid. In this study, a novel gemini surfactant (GLO) with long hydrophobic tails and double bonds was prepared and a VES fracturing fluid with a low concentration of GLO was developed. Because of the long tails bending near the double bonds, there is a significant improvement of the surfactant aggregate architecture, which realized the favorable viscosity of the VES fluid at a more economical concentration than the conventional VES fracturing fluids. Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometry (1H NMR, 13C NMR), and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) were employed to study the formation of the product and the structure of GLO. The designed GLO was produced according to the results of the structure characterizations. The formula of the VES fracturing fluid was optimized to be 2.0 wt % GLO + 0.4 wt % sodium salicylate (NaSal) + 1.0 wt % KCl based on the measurements of the viscosity. The viscosity of the VES fluid decreased from 405.5 to 98.7 mPa·s as the temperature increased from 18 to 80 °C and reached equilibrium at about 70.2 mPa·s. The VES fluid showed a typical elastic pseudoplastic fluid with a yield stress of 0.5 Pa in the rheological tests. It realized a proppant setting velocity as low as 0.08 g/min in the dynamic proppant transport test carried by GLO-based VES fracturing fluid. Compared to the formation water, the filtrate of the VES fracturing fluid decreased the water contact angle (CA) from 56.2 to 45.4° and decreased the water/oil interfacial tension (IFT) from 19.5 to 1.6 mN/m. Finally, the VES fracturing fluid induced a low permeability loss rate of 10.4% and a low conductivity loss rate of 5.4% for the oil phase in the experiments of formation damage evaluation.
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- Feifei Huang
- School
of Petroleum Engineering, China University
of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- School
of Petroleum Engineering, China University
of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- PetroChina
Tarim Oilfield Company, Korla, Xinjiang 841000, China
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- PetroChina
Changqing Oilfield ChangBei Operating Company, Yulin, Shaanxi 710016, China
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- School
of Petroleum Engineering, Xi’an Shiyou
University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710065, China
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- Drilling
and Production Equipment Research Institute, Lanzhou LS Petroleum Equipment Engineering Co., Ltd., Lanzhou, Gansu 730300, China
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- School
of Petroleum Engineering, China University
of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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- School
of Petroleum Engineering, China University
of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China
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Evaluation of Clay Hydration and Swelling Inhibition Using Quaternary Ammonium Dicationic Surfactant with Phenyl Linker. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25184333. [PMID: 32971742 PMCID: PMC7571141 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25184333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Water-based drilling fluids are extensively used for drilling oil and gas wells. However, water-based muds cause clay swelling, which severely affects the stability of wellbore. Due to two adsorption positions, it is expected that cationic gemini surfactants can reduce the clay swelling. In this work, quaternary ammonium dicationic gemini surfactants containing phenyl linkers and different counterions (Cl- and Br-) were synthesized, and the effect of variation in counterions on swelling and hydration properties of shales was studied. Numerous water-based drilling fluid formulations were prepared with different concentrations of surfactants to study the swelling inhibition capacity of surfactants. The performance of surfactant-containing drilling muds was evaluated by comparing them with base drilling mud, and sodium silicate drilling mud. Various experimental techniques were employed to study drilling mud characteristics such as rheology and filtration. The inhibition properties of drilling mud formulations were determined by linear swelling experiment, capillary suction time test, particle size distribution measurement, wettability measurements, and X-ray Diffraction (XRD). Experimental results showed that surfactant-based formulation containing bromide counterion exhibited superior rheological properties as compared to other investigated formulations. The filtration test showed that the gemini surfactant with chloride counterion had higher filtrate loss compared to all other formulations. The bentonite swelling was significantly reduced with increasing the concentration of dicationic surfactants as inhibitors, and maximum reduction in the linear swelling rate was observed by using a formulation containing surfactant with chloride counterion. The lowest capillary suction timer (CST) was obtained in the formulation containing surfactant with chloride counterion as less CST indicated the enhanced inhibition capacity. The particle size measurement showed that average bentonite particle size increased upon the addition of surfactants depicting the inhibition capacity. The increase in basal spacing obtained from XRD analysis showed the intercalation of gemini surfactants in interlayers of bentonite. The contact angle measurements were performed to study the wettability of the bentonite film surface, and the results showed that hydrophobicity increased by incorporating the surfactants to the drilling fluid.
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A Surfactant for Enhanced Heavy Oil Recovery in Carbonate Reservoirs in High-Salinity and High-Temperature Conditions. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en13174525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In view of the difficulty of producing heavy oil from carbonate reservoirs, the surfactant SDY-1 was synthesized by homogeneous solution polymerization with a homogeneous solution polymerization technique using aliphatic amine polyoxyethylene ether (PAEn) H(OCH2CH2)nNR(CH2CH2O)nH as the raw material, epichlorohydrin as the reaction intermediate, tetrabutylammonium bromide and pentamethyldivinyltriamine as the promoters, and alkylphenol as the catalyst. Based on the analysis of reservoir fluid and rock properties, the performance of the surfactant SDY-1 was evaluated in terms of its heat resistance, its salinity tolerance, its ability to change the heavy oil–water interfacial tension and rock wettability and its oil washing efficiency. The results show that when the salinity of the formation water is 2.23 × 105 mg/L, the addition of surfactant SDY-1 can lower the super-heavy oil–water interfacial tension with an asphaltene concentration of 30.19 wt.%, which is aged at a temperature of 140 °C for 3 days, from 22.41 to 0.366 mN/m. In addition, the surfactant SDY-1 can change the contact angle of super-heavy oil–water–rock from 129.7 to 67.4° and reduce the adhesion of crude oil to the rock surface by 99.26%. The oil displacement experiment indicates that the oil washing efficiency of the surfactant SDY-1 can reach 78.7% after ageing at a temperature of 140 °C for 3 days. Compared with petroleum sulfonate flooding, the addition of SDY-1 can improve the displacement efficiency by 33.6%, and the adsorption loss is only 0.651 mg/g oil sand. It has broad application prospects for heavy oil reservoirs with high temperatures, high pressures and high asphaltene contents.
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Murtaza M, Kamal MS, Hussain SS, Mahmoud M, Syed NA. Quaternary ammonium gemini surfactants having different spacer length as clay swelling inhibitors: Mechanism and performance evaluation. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.113054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Impact of Spacer Nature and Counter Ions on Rheological Behavior of Novel Polymer-Cationic Gemini Surfactant Systems at High Temperature. Polymers (Basel) 2020; 12:polym12051027. [PMID: 32370027 PMCID: PMC7285173 DOI: 10.3390/polym12051027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Compatible surfactant-polymer (SP) hybrid systems at high temperature are in great demand due to the necessity of chemical flooding in high-temperature oil reservoirs. The rheological properties of novel SP systems were studied. The SP system used in this study consists of a commercial polymer and four in-house synthesized polyoxyethylene cationic gemini surfactants with various spacers (mono phenyl and biphenyl ring) and different counterions (bromide and chloride). The impact of surfactant concentration, spacer nature, counterions, and temperature on the rheological features of SP solutions was examined using oscillation and shear measurements. The results were compared with a pure commercial polymer. All surfactants exhibited good thermal stability in seawater with no precipitation. Shear viscosity and storage modulus were measured as a function of shear rate and angular frequency, respectively. The experimental results revealed that the novel SP solution with a mono phenyl and chloride counterions produces a better performance in comparison with the SP solution, which contains mono phenyl and bromide counterions. Moreover, the effect is enhanced when the mono phenyl ring is replaced with a biphenyl ring. Shear viscosity and storage modulus decrease by increasing surfactant concentration at the same temperature, due to the charge screening effect. Storage modulus and complex viscosity reduce by increasing the temperature at a constant angular frequency of 10 rad/s. Among all studied SP systems, a surfactant containing a biphenyl ring in the spacer with chloride as a counterion has the least effect on the shear viscosity of the polymer. This study improves the understanding of tuning the surfactant composition in making SP solutions with better rheological properties.
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Nowrouzi I, Mohammadi AH, Manshad AK. Primary evaluation of a synthesized surfactant from waste chicken fat as a renewable source for chemical slug injection into carbonate oil reservoirs. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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El-Dossoki FI, Abd El-Maksoud SAEH, Migahed MA, Gouda MM. Micellization and Solvation Properties of Newly Synthesized Imidazolium- and Aminium-Based Surfactants. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:9429-9441. [PMID: 32363295 PMCID: PMC7191861 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.0c00603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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This work aimed to study the solvation properties of newly synthesized cationic surfactants: 1-hexyl-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-ium bromide (R6Im), 1-dodecyl-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-ium bromide (R12Im), N,N,N-tributylhexan-1-aminium bromide (R6N4), and N,N,N-tributyldodecan-1-aminium bromide (R12N4) in water and ethanol-water solvents with a 0.237 mole fraction of ethanol at 298.15 K using conductivity, refractive index, surface tension, and density measurements. Critical micelle concentration (CMC) for the synthesized surfactants was determined and discussed. Thermodynamic parameters including association constant, molal volume, and polarizability were calculated and discussed. Some surface properties of surfactants including excess surface concentration and minimum area per molecule were also calculated and discussed. A good agreement was found between the CMC values obtained from different techniques, such as conductivity, refractive index, and surface tension. Imidazolium surfactants had been proved to decrease the CMC and increase the association constant with the increase of ethanol mole fraction, while tributylamine had been proved to increase the CMC and decrease the association constant with the increase of ethanol mole fraction. Also, imidazolium surfactants had been proved to have higher CMC than tributylamine, which may be related to higher solvation of imidazolium surfactants than that of tributylamine. Both surfactants (R12Im) and (R12N4) were proved to have lesser CMC.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Petroleum
Applications Department, Egyptian Petroleum
Research Institute (EPRI), Cairo 11727, Egypt
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- Chemistry
Department, Faculty of Science, Port Said
University, Port Said 42522, Egypt
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Synthesis and Evaluation of Zwitterionic Surfactants Bearing Benzene Ring in the Hydrophobic Tail. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13081858. [PMID: 32326587 PMCID: PMC7215865 DOI: 10.3390/ma13081858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Surfactant tolerance in the presence of mono and divalent reservoir ions, as well as the solubility of surfactant in high salinity and low salinity brine, are the two major requirements for any surfactant that is subjected to oilfield application. Herein, six poly(ethylene oxide) zwitterionic surfactants having different ionic headgroups and hydrophobic tail were synthesized for oilfield applications. They were characterized by various instrumental techniques (Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-ToF-MS), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)) and the combination of these techniques allowed for us to deduce the structure. All of the surfactants revealed prominent solubility in high salinity and low salinity brine due to the presence of ethoxy units between the aromatic ring and amide group. The surfactant samples were oven aged for 90 days at reservoir temperature and a clear solution implies their excellent aqueous stability. Rendering to thermal gravimetric results, decomposition of surfactants was found to occur around 300 °C, which is higher than the reservoir temperature (≥90 °C). It was observed that the hydrophilic headgroup has no significant impact on the critical micelle concentration and other surface properties. However, the hydrophobic tail bearing benzene ring significantly alters the critical micelle concentration and other surface properties.
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Cationic gemini surfactants containing both amide and ester groups: Synthesis, surface properties and antibacterial activity. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.112248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Shakil Hussain S, Kamal MS, Murtaza M. Effect of aromatic spacer groups and counterions on aqueous micellar and thermal properties of the synthesized quaternary ammonium gemini surfactants. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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