The invention relates to solidification of liquid amine oxide, betaine, and/or sultaine surfactants with a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. In particular, the invention relates to solidification of liquid surfactants utilizing drying device(s), wherein the feed composition contains at least one liquid surfactant and a carrier to form a solidified surfactant composition. The solidified surfactant compositions can be useful in various cleaning compositions.

Alcohol-potentiated antimicrobial soap formulations include an alcohol-potentiated antimicrobial agent ranging from 0.10 to 2.0% (v/v), an alcohol potentiator ranging from 10.0 to 25.0% (v/v), non-ionic surfactants ranging from 0.25 to 5.0% (v/v), an emollient ranging from 0.10 to 3.0% (v/v), solvents ranging from 0.5 to 2.0% (v/v), and a carrier fluid ranging from 70.0 to 90.0% (v/v). Also, alcohol-potentiated hard surface sanitizer formulations include an alcohol-potentiated antimicrobial agent ranging from 0.10 to 1.00% (v/v), 200-proof ethanol ranging from 15.00 to 25.00% (v/v), and water. Also, alcohol-potentiated hard surface disinfectant formulations include a surfactant ranging from 0.50 to 2.00% (v/v), 190 to 200-proof ethanol ranging from 15.00 to 25.00% (v/v), an alcohol-potentiated antimicrobial agent ranging from 0.10 to 2.50, a chelating agent ranging from 0.10 to 1.50% (v/v), and water.

Bio-based surfactants have great opportunity for use in a variety of applications such as laundry detergents, industrial cleaners, adjuvants, and oil & gas. Surfactants in these applications can be nonionic, anionic, cationic, or amphoteric. Utilizing high oleic soybean oil as a platform chemical, a variety of surfactants and properties can be produced. While early work focused solely on surfactant use in laundry cleaning and fracking, recent work has expanded functional groups and application evaluations in hard surface cleaning.

The current invention expands on Battelle's high oleic soybean oil (HOSO) surfactant technology. Use of HOSO overcomes the limitations of regular soybean oil and significantly reduces or eliminates undesirable byproducts in most chemistries. However, with use of select reagents, a few candidates were achievable with regular epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). The HOSO surfactant platform offers several key advantages including: a highly water miscible (not typical of C18 surfactants) and water stable surfactant; ability to adjust and vary hydrophilic-lipophilic (HLB) values for stain removal performance; and increased biodegradability without toxic or persistent by-products.

Bio-based surfactants have great opportunity for use in a variety of applications such as laundry detergents, industrial cleaners, adjuvants, and oil & gas. Surfactants in these applications can be nonionic, anionic, cationic, or amphoteric. Utilizing high oleic soybean oil as a platform chemical, a variety of surfactants and properties can be produced. While early work focused solely on surfactant use in laundry cleaning and fracking, recent work has expanded functional groups and application evaluations in hard surface cleaning.

The current invention expands on Battelle's high oleic soybean oil (HOSO) surfactant technology. Use of HOSO overcomes the limitations of regular soybean oil and significantly reduces or eliminates undesirable byproducts in most chemistries. However, with use of select reagents, a few candidates were achievable with regular epoxidized soybean oil (ESO). The HOSO surfactant platform offers several key advantages including: a highly water miscible (not typical of C18 surfactants) and water stable surfactant; ability to adjust and vary hydrophilic-lipophilic (HLB) values for stain removal performance; and increased biodegradability without toxic or persistent by-products.

Alkaline sprayable aqueous compositions for cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting are disclosed. In particular, the sprayable compositions include an alkali soluble emulsion polymer, an alkalinity source, a foaming agent, and water. Beneficially, the sprayable cleaning compositions have reduced misting and are environmentally safe for users to apply. Further the compositions exhibit less running on non-horizontal surfaces than acrylamide-based compositions.

The present invention relates to a detergent containing or prepared by blending: (A) at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkyl sultaine, an alkyl hydroxysultaine, and a nonionic surfactant; and (B) an aminopolyether-modified silicone containing a polyoxyalkylene structure and satisfying the following formula (I):

0.01≤Si/AO≤1.6  (I)

[in the formula (I), Si represents a molar number of a silicon atom in the component (B), and AO represents an oxyalkylene average addition molar number in the component (B)], wherein a mass ratio [(A)/(B)] of the component (A) to the component (B) is 0.1 or more and 1,000 or less.

Cleansing material compositions which contain an acyl acidic amino acid or a salt thereof, an amphoteric surfactant, and hydroxypropyl starch phosphate, and have a pH of 5.3 or less are useful for facial cleansing.

The present disclosure provides derivatives of amino acids that have surface-active properties. The amino acid can be naturally-occurring or synthetic, or they may be obtained via a ring-opening reaction of a lactam, such as caprolactam. The amino acid may be functionalized to form a compound that is surface-active and have advantageous surfactant characteristics. The compounds of the present disclosure have low critical micelle concentrations (CMC) as well as superior ability to lower the surface tension of a liquid.

The present disclosure pertains to surfactants for use in the formulation of detergents, foaming agents, emulsifiers, and degreasers. Some aspects of the invention include formulations suitable for cleaning and/or condition fabrics including upholstery. Some formulations are suitable for in home or commercial dry cleaning. Some of the formulations may be suitable for cleaning hard surfaces including plastic surfaces.

The present invention is a liquid detergent composition for tableware and/or kitchen hard articles containing: (a) a nonionic surfactant with an HLB of 10.5 or less; (b) a surfactant selected from amine oxide-type surfactants, amphoteric surfactants, and nonionic surfactants with an HLB of 11 or more; and (c) an organic solvent with a logPow of 0 or more and 1.5 or less, wherein a proportion of component (a) in all surfactants is 30 mass % or more and 85 mass % or less, a mass ratio of the content of (c) to the content of (a), (c)/(a), is 1 or more and 10 or less, and a viscosity at 20° C. is 20 mPa.Math.s or less.