“…PAHs are carcinogenic, toxic and mutagenic, which can cause serious pollutions to humans and ecosystems [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. Therefore, there is a great demand in the removal of PAHs from contaminated soil or sediment water, and various methods have been developed to remove PAHs, such as chemical, physical, microbial or phytoremediation, surfactant enhanced remediation (SER) methods [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ]. SER methods are based on the amphiphilic properties of surfactants.…”