A Review on Nanofluids: Fabrication, Stability, and Thermophysical Properties

Table 2

Commonly used surfactants and their structure formulas.

Surfactant	Structure formula
Polyvinylpyrrolidone; (PVP) [19]
Sodium dodecyl sulphate; (SDS) [20]
Oleic acid (OA) [21]
Hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (HCTAB) [22]
Poly(acrylic acid sodium salt) [23]
Sodium dodecyl benzene sulfonate; (SDBS) [23]
Dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide; (DTAB) [24]
Gum Arabic [25]
Sodium octanoate; (SOCT) [26]