Surfactant Formulation Engineering using HLD and NAC (Paperback)

Section I: Hydrophilic-lipophilic difference (HLD) fundamentals 1. The HLD-NAC in a nutshell: an introduction to the principles and uses of HLD-NAC.? 2. History and evolution of the HLD 3. Surfactant mixtures and the measurement of characteristic curvature (Cc) 4. Oil mixtures and the measurement of equivalent alkane carbon number (EACN) 5. Effect of electrolytes, polymers, co-solvents and additives

Section II: Hydrophilic-lipophilic difference (HLD) applications 6. Use of HLD in Surfactant-Enhanced Oil Recovery and Aquifer Remediation 7. Use of HLD for corrosion inhibitors and flow assurance chemicals 8. Use of HLD in Detergent formulations 9. Use of HLD in Fragrance formulation 10. High-throughput HLD phase scans for surfactant characterization and formulation. 11. HLD-guided surfactant design for enhanced oil recovery applications 12. High-throughput HLD-guided formulation design for latex and agrochemical formulations 13. HLD-guided surfactant structure-performance relationship in cold detergency applications 14. HLD-guided design of self-emulsifying drug delivery applications. 15. HLD-guided design of vegetable oil extraction technology

Section III: Net-Average Curvature (NAC) fundamentals 16. History and evolution of NAC. 17. Prediction of phase diagrams for surfactant-oil-water (SOW) and surfactant-water (SW) systems 18. Prediction of interfacial tension, rigidity, emulsion formation and stability 19. Prediction of oil-water-solid wettability

Section IV: Applications of the net-average curvature 20. HLD-NAC in practical applications 21. HLD-NAC in reservoir simulation 22. HLD-NAC alternatives in reservoir simulation 23. HLD-NAC design of hard surface cleaning systems 24. HLD-NAC design of microemulsion-templated nanoparticles 25. HLD-NAC design of microemulsion-templated nanostructured polymers 26. HLD-NAC guided design of extended surfactants for enhanced oil recovery operations

Section V: The Integrated Free Energy Model (IFEM) 27. Derivation and predictive capabilities of the Integrated Free Energy model 28. Applications of IFEM in detergent formulation development