Protein-Based Surfactants

Xia, Jiding

An overview of the basis, technology, and surface phenomena of protein-based surfactants; natural raw materials and enzymatic modification of agricultural by-products for protein-based surfactants; protein interaction at interfaces; amino acid surfactants - chemistry, synthesis and properties; enzyme-catalyzed synthesis of protein-based surfactants - amphoteric surfactants; arginine lipopeptide surfactants with antimicrobial activity; essentially fluorinated synthetic surfactants based on amino acids or oligopeptides; interactions of amino acid-based surfactants with other compounds; potential applications of protein-based surfactants; current market developments and trends in amino acid- and protein-based surfactants.