Author Description

Magnetic surfactants are a unique group of surfactants with a wide variety of sustainable applications, including water treatment processing, drug delivery systems, catalysis, separation, and oilfield operations, to name a few. This book highlights and summarizes recent research in the design, chemistry and utilization of magnetic surfactants and provides a useful chronological guide to these sustainable technologies. Those working in the interdisciplinary fields of materials science, applied engineering, biotechnology, environmental science and chemistry will find this to be an up-to-date and essential reference on the properties and applications of magnetic surfactants.