Dear Colleagues,

With a market predicted to grow from USD 36 billion in 2017 to USD 45 billion by 2022, surfactants are widely used in an array of applications ranging from cleaning products in home and personal care settings, through controlled drug release systems to friction modifiers and the remediation of contaminated soils.

A major driver for innovation in surfactant development is the need to support decarbonization of the market by moving away from petrochemicals, and traditional plant-based feedstocks, towards sustainably sourced raw materials. Significant advances in fundamental understanding of surfactant properties and function, performance and rapid characterization methods are increasingly required to support this driver.

The current Special Issue seeks to explore advances in the development of surfactants to aid the manufacture of sustainable products for the future. We are delighted to invite articles from authors covering an array of topics including novel sustainable surfactants and their interactions with polymers and surfaces, new characterization and analysis techniques (including theoretical and computational approaches), and general methods that support this agenda.

The official deadline for submission is 31 March 2022. We look forward to receiving your contribution for the “Development of Sustainable Surfactants and Their Interactions with Polymers” Special Issue in Polymers.

Dr. Richard L. Anderson
Dr. David J. Bray
Dr. Ennio Lavagnini
Guest Editors

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• decarbonization
• surfactant
• polymer
• cleaning
• detergent
• wetting
• foaming
• emulsions