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Overview

Krister Holmberg is affiliated with Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the field of chemistry, with particular emphasis on organic chemistry, archeology, environmental chemistry, biomaterials, and earth-surface processes.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to surfactants and colloidal systems, cultural heritage materials analysis, advanced cellulose research studies, building materials and conservation, conservation techniques and studies, enhanced oil recovery techniques, and petroleum processing and analysis.

Frequent co-authors in their work include Romain Bordes, Piero Baglioni, Yiming Jia, Björn Lindman, and David Chelazzi.

Holmberg's research has been published in several scientific venues, notably including:

  • Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • Tenside Surfactants Detergents
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • ChemPlusChem
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Holmberg are:

  • "Cationic surfactants: A review" (2023), published in Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • "An analytical approach to elucidate the architecture of polyethyleneimines" (2021), published in Journal of Applied Polymer Science
  • "The use of surfactants in the cleaning of works of art" (2020), published in Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science
  • "Recent Developments on Surfactants for Enhanced Oil Recovery" (2021), published in Tenside Surfactants Detergents
  • "Ester-based surfactants: Are they stable enough?" (2022), published in Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Best Publications

  • Lipases at interfaces : a review

    P. Reis;K. Holmberg;H. Watzke;M. E. Leser

  • Handbook of applied surface and colloid chemistry

    Krister Holmberg

  • Water-in-diesel emulsions and related systems.

    Anna Lif;Krister Holmberg

  • Surface Chemistry of Surfactants and Polymers

    Bengt Kronberg;Krister Holmberg;Björn Lindman

  • Organic Reactions in Microemulsions

    Krister Holmberg

  • Surface characteristics and in vitro biofilm formation on glass ionomer and composite resin.

    A. Carlén;K. Nikdel;A. Wennerberg;K. Holmberg

  • Protein-rejecting ability of surface-bound dextran in end-on and side-on configurations: comparison to PEG.

    E. Österberg;K. Bergström;K. Holmberg;T. P. Schuman

  • Surfactant-templated nanomaterials synthesis.

    Krister Holmberg

  • Solubilization of Hydrophobic Dyes in Surfactant Solutions

    Ali Reza Tehrani-Bagha;Krister Holmberg

  • Surfactants and Polymers in Aqueous Solution, 2nd ed.

    Krister Holmberg;Bo Jönsson;Bengt Kronberg;Björn Lindman

  • Enzymes immobilized in mesoporous silica: a physical-chemical perspective.

    Nils Carlsson;Hanna Gustafsson;Christian Thörn;Lisbeth Olsson

  • Reduction of fibrinogen adsorption on PEG‐coated polystyrene surfaces

    K Bergström;K Holmberg;A Safranj;A S Hoffman

  • Organic and bioorganic reactions in microemulsions

    Krister Holmberg

  • Amino acid-based surfactants – do they deserve more attention?

    Romain Bordes;Krister Holmberg

  • Cationic Ester-Containing Gemini Surfactants: Physical-Chemical Properties

    Ali Reza Tehrani-Bagha;Krister Holmberg

  • Natural surfactants

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  • Cationic ester-containing gemini surfactants: chemical hydrolysis and biodegradation.

    A.R. Tehrani-Bagha;H. Oskarsson;C.G. van Ginkel;K. Holmberg

  • Enzymatic preparation of monoglycerides in microemulsion

    K. Holmberg;E. Osterberg

  • Cationic surfactants: A review

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  • Comparison of polysaccharide and poly(ethylene glycol) coatings for reduction of protein adsorption on polystyrene surfaces

    Eva Österberg;Karin Bergström;Krister Holmberg;Jennifer A. Riggs

  • Cleavable surfactants

    Per-Erik Hellberg;Karin Bergström;Krister Holmberg

  • Effects of Branching and Molecular Weight of Surface-bound Poly(ethylene Oxide) on Protein Rejection.

    K Bergström;E Osterberg;K Holmberg;A S Hoffman

Frequent Co-Authors

Björn Lindman
Björn Lindman Lund University
Magnus Nydén
Magnus Nydén University College London
Anders Palmqvist
Anders Palmqvist Chalmers University of Technology
Magnus Skoglundh
Magnus Skoglundh Chalmers University of Technology
Martin E. Leser
Martin E. Leser University of Fribourg
Reinhard Miller
Reinhard Miller Max Planck Society
Dinesh O. Shah
Dinesh O. Shah University of Florida
Martin Malmsten
Martin Malmsten University of Copenhagen
Bo Jönsson
Bo Jönsson Lund University
Bengt Mannervik
Bengt Mannervik Stockholm University

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