Editing Sodium dodecyl sulfate (section)

===Other uses===
SLS has been proposed as a potentially effective topical microbicide, for intravaginal use, to inhibit and possibly prevent infection by various [[Viral envelope|enveloped]] and non-enveloped [[virus]]es such as the [[herpes simplex virus]]es, [[HIV]], and the [[Semliki Forest virus]].<ref>{{cite journal | title=Sodium lauryl sulfate, a microbicide effective against enveloped and nonenveloped viruses |author1=Piret J. |author2=Désormeaux, A. |author3=Bergeron, M.G.  | journal=Curr. Drug Targets | year=2002 | volume = 3 | issue = 1 | pages = 17–30 | pmid=11899262 | doi=10.2174/1389450023348037 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=In vitro and in vivo evaluations of sodium lauryl sulfate and dextran sulfate as microbicides against herpes simplex and human immunodeficiency viruses |author1=Piret J. |author2=Lamontagne, J. |author3=Bestman-Smith, J. |author4=Roy, S. |author5=Gourde, P. |author6=Désormeaux, A. |author7=Omar, R.F. |author8=Juhász, J. |author9=Bergeron, M.G.  | journal = J. Clin. Microbiol. | year=2000 |volume = 38 | issue = 1 | pages = 110–19 |doi=10.1128/JCM.38.1.110-119.2000 | pmid=10618073 | pmc=86033 }}</ref>

Liquid membranes formed from SDS in water have been demonstrated to work as unusual particle separators.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Science Advances|volume=4|author=Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin |display-authors=etal |title=Free-standing liquid membranes as unusual particle separators|issue=8|pages=eaat3276|date=August 24, 2018|doi=10.1126/sciadv.aat3276|pmid=30151426|pmc=6108570|bibcode=2018SciA....4.3276S}}</ref>  The device acts as a reverse filter, allowing large particles to pass while capturing smaller particles.