Green Chemistry

Effects-driven chemical design: the acute toxicity of CO 2-triggered switchable surfactants to rainbow trout can be predicted from octanol-water partition coefficients

…, JR Harjani, L Phan, PG Jessop, PV Hodson

Index: Arthur, Troy; Harjani, Jitendra R.; Phan, Lam; Jessop, Philip G.; Hodson, Peter V. Green Chemistry, 2012 , vol. 14, # 2 p. 357 - 362

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Abstract

For both environmental protection and improved energy efficiency, CO2-triggered switchable surfactants have been developed to change surface activity and solubility upon command. Surfactant activity is turned on by introduction of one atmosphere of CO2 and reversed by purging with air or nitrogen. These surfactants have numerous potential industrial applications related to their ability to stabilize and destabilize emulsions upon ...