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Glycolipid Surfactants

Inspired by Nature

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Eco-Friendly

Rhamnolipids (and glycolipids) are biodegradable and non-toxic green surfactants.

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Sugar-Based

Rhamnose sugar surfactants were GlycoSurf's initial products. Other sugar-based surfactants are now available, such as glucose, galactose, xylose, and many others. Custom synthesis is available upon request.

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High Purity and Scalability

Our synthetic process produces glycolipid surfactants in greater than 95% purity; resulting in better performance properties than the competition.

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Natural, Bio-Inspired

Our products include bio-inspired rhamnolipid surfactants and a large variety of unique, bio-inspired glycolipid surfactants for applications in cleaning, cosmetics, cosmeceuticals, bioremediation, and more.

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High Performance

Our bio-inspired production process follows the 12 Steps of Green Chemistry to produce high-purity products that exceed performance expectations.

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Unique Tail-group Options

GlycoSurf has many options available for the tail-group. Single-chain and double-chain options available with most sugar head-groups. Chain lengths from C8 to C18 are easily synthesized using our process.

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GlycoSurf Applications

GlycoSurf's unique bio-inspired surfactants can be used for a wide variety of applications such as soaps, personal care, textiles, industry & institutional cleaning, elastomers & plastics, oilfield chemicals, agriculture, food emulsifiers, & many others.

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