Understanding of the foam capability of sugar-based nonionic surfactant from molecular level

In this paper, the correlation of the interfacial molecular array behavior of sugar-based green surfactant dodecyl maltoside DDM, and its apparent foam properties was investigated by molecular dynamics simulation and quantum chemical calculation as well as experimental methods. A common nonionic surfactant nona-ethylene glycol dodecyl ether C12E9, which has same hydrophobic tail and similar O atom number in headgroup with DDM, was studied as a...