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Frontispiece: Added‐Value Surfactants
Author(s) -
Polarz Sebastian,
Kunkel Marius,
Donner Adrian,
Schlötter Moritz
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201887163
Subject(s) - pulmonary surfactant , nanotechnology , computer science , feature (linguistics) , biochemical engineering , chemistry , value (mathematics) , redox , process engineering , chemical engineering , polymer science , combinatorial chemistry , materials science , organic chemistry , engineering , philosophy , linguistics , machine learning
Surfactants are functional molecules , which are used to stabilize interfaces of all kind, for example, in foams. They are produced in large amounts by the chemical industry and represent an inherent part of everyone′s daily routine. Next‐generation surfactants contain at least one additional feature, for example catalytic activity or special redox properties. Another class offers smart properties like thermoresponsivity. Ultimately, the surfactant′s head could reach a high degree of multifunctionality, “comparable” to a swiss army knife. For a comprehensive discussion see the Minireview by S. Polarz et al. on page 18842 ff.