Thermodynamics and Micellization of Surfactants and Ionic Liquids in Aqueous Media
This community investigates the molecular behavior of surfactants, ionic liquids, and food preservatives in water, focusing on how these substances aggregate, dissolve, and interact with other molecules at different temperatures.
The research centers on the thermodynamics of micellization and molecular interactions in aqueous solutions. Recurring subjects include cationic surfactants like cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, as well as common food preservatives such as potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate. The work frequently employs volumetric acoustic and spectroscopic methods to measure solubility, surface tension, and aggregation behavior. A significant portion of the literature examines how these compounds interact with drugs, amino acids, and serum albumin. Additionally, supercritical carbon dioxide is a recurring medium for studying extraction and solubility processes, often in the context of green chemistry applications.
Bromine research accounts for the largest share of this community's output, representing 5.4% of all tracked bromine literature and comprising 1,098 papers. Sodium and potassium research follow, each contributing 0.7% of their respective element's literature with 227 and 179 papers.
The community comprises 2,711 papers, primarily published in Langmuir, the Journal of Molecular Liquids, and the Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data.
Recent work continues to focus on the physicochemical properties of mixed micellar solutions and the thermodynamics of inorganic salt solutions. New studies also examine the interaction between surfactants like cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and biopolymers such as sodium alginate, as well as the use of machine learning to predict drug solubility in supercritical carbon dioxide.
Papers behind this description
- Cyclodextrins: Enhancing Drug Delivery, Solubility and Bioavailability for Modern Therapeutics — Pharmaceutics, 2025 — doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics17030288
- Effects of short-chain alcohols and urea on the association of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide surfactant and cefixime trihydrate antibiotic: Conductometric and physicochemical analysis — Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2024 — doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.133972
- Solubility, Extraction, and Nanoparticles Production in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide: A Mini‐Review — ChemBioEng Reviews, 2022 — doi:10.1002/cben.202200020
- The aggregation behaviour of tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide in aqueous solution of an antidiabetic drug at variable temperatures: Influences of dihydroxy organic compounds and temperature — Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2025.136552
- Supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of plant phytochemicals for biological and environmental applications – A review — Chemosphere, 2021 — doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129525
- Recent advances in subcritical water and supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of bioactive compounds from plant materials — Trends in Food Science & Technology, 2020 — doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2020.01.014
- Micellization and Physicochemical Properties of CTAB in Aqueous Solution: Interfacial Properties, Energetics, and Aggregation Number at 290 to 323 K — Colloids and Interfaces, 2025 — doi:10.3390/colloids9010004
- Mixed micellar solutions of an oleo-furan sulfonate surfactant with anionic and non-ionic surfactants — Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2025.138201
- Surface Tension and Surface Thermodynamics of Aqueous Inorganic Salt Solutions in the Atmospherically Relevant Temperature Range — Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2025 — doi:10.1021/acs.jced.5c00470
- Effects of hydrotropes and temperature on interactions between sodium alginate and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide surfactant: An experimental and theoretical study — Chemical Physics, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.chemphys.2025.112992
- Probing the volumetric, acoustic, and spectroscopic properties of l-ascorbic acid and sodium l-ascorbyl-2-phosphate in aqueous Bronopol solutions — Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2025 — doi:10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128837
- Predicting drug solubility in supercritical carbon dioxide green solvent using machine learning models based on thermodynamic properties — Scientific Reports, 2025 — doi:10.1038/s41598-025-24006-7
- Synthetic Food Preservatives Modulate Apoptotic Gene Expression in HepG2 Cells: Divergent Effects of Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, and Sodium Metabisulfite — Nutrients, 2025 — doi:10.3390/nu17213466