And our technology can help. Sustainability is more important than ever. We are contributing to a sustainable future by offering completely natural alternatives to petroleum-based and synthetic surfactants currently used.
Biosurfactants are biologically-based surfactants that disperse oil particles. The molecules envelope oil particles - hydrocarbons - in a structure called micelles, breaking down and separating them for ease of removal.
Biosurfactants are naturally-derived surfactants that disperse oil particles. The molecules envelope oil particles - hydrocarbons - in a structure called micelles, breaking down and separating them for ease of removal.
The main difference is in how they are produced - surfactants are typically derived from petroleum or synthetic chemicals, while biosurfactants are derived from biological organisms. The specific molecular structures differ, however functionally they play the same role.
No, there are no microbes (bacteria) in our final products - our surfactants are extracted from bacterial cultures without the living organisms themselves. This is in contrast to other approaches that use live microbes to break down oil (e.g. using living microbes to “eat” oil in oil spills).
Dispersa is derived from the word dispersant, which a major function of surfactants. Our core technology was originally inspired by finding non-toxic alternatives to dispersants used in oil-spill remediation, and our name pays homage to that history!
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