Surfactant, also called surface-active agent, substance such as a detergent that, when added to a liquid, reduces its surface tension, thereby increasing its spreading and wetting properties.
In addition, a surface-active agent, SDBS, was added in the electrospun solution to generate bubbles at the free surface of the solution in the MFSE process.
The first detergent (or surface-active agent) was soap.
Bacillus subtilis synthesizes surfactin, a powerful surface-active agent.
Since a potent surface-active agent has a low CMC value, a very low concentration of it is required to decrease the ST value49.
The addition of a surface-active agent to the water usually decreases hL somewhat, though very low concentrations of agent at low angles of inclination can increase hL.
The complex 3D ZnS architectures have been synthesized through the template-free solvothermal method in mixed solvents of ethylenediamine, ethanolamine and distilled water without any surface-active agent.
The presence of surface-active agent may increase the enzymatic reactivity in POME hydrolysis.
Mg-doped ZnS hierarchical spheres have been synthesized via hydrothermal method using mixed solvents of ethylenediamine and DI water without any surface-active agent.
The surface-active agent, CHX, caused a smaller but significant 5-fold increase (P < 0.003).
