A Rice University group's innovative surfactant theory removes limitations of a 100-year-old model for interfacial behavior in enhanced oil recovery. The lab of Rice chemical engineer Walter Chapman ...

Personal care is going green at a breakneck pace. While most industries, including the chemical industry, are targeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the consumer product brands that make ...

A surfactant is a surface active agent. When added to a mixture of water and oil, surfactant molecules tend to accumulate in the interface area. The modified density gradient theory developed by ...

In the search for efficiency gains, Permian Basin oil and gas operators are hoping for better production through chemistry. “We’ve seen an uptick in interest in surfactants,” Martin Shumway, senior ...

With several surfactants to choose from, the biopharma industry is still working to identify the most effective, environmentally friendly alternatives to the surfactant Triton X-100 (TX-100). The EU ...