Biosurfactant Formulation Optimization through High-throughput Research
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Presented by: Daniel Miller
Market trends are moving towards biosurfactants. For widespread adoption, these surfactants must match or improve upon the properties of surfactants derived from petrochemical sources. As such, this presentation will focus on the development of high-throughput research (HTR) workflows that were leveraged to identify cosmetic applications in which biosurfactants outperform petrochemical counterparts. We reveal that sugar-based and sophorolipid surfactants can outperform the industry standard ethoxylated castor oil surfactants in fragrance and essential oil solubilization. Building from this result, we show that these materials can be formulated into cleansing formulations to improve properties such as thickening and foaming. Overall, these results will allow Dow to bring an exciting new class of biosurfactants to the market.