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Grillo I, Prévost S, Zemb T. Insertion of anionic synthetic clay in lamellar surfactant phases. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2024; 47:55. [PMID: 39264504 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-024-00447-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 09/13/2024]
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We describe the different mixed colloidal solutions that can be obtained when mixing equivalent quantities of a synthetic anionic clay to surfactants forming lamellar phases in the absence of added salt. The important quantity driving toward insertion or depletion is the osmotic pressure, of the lamellar phase and of the clay alone. Competition for water is the main driving force toward dispersion, inclusion or exclusion (phase separation). In the case of a nonionic surfactant (C 12 E 5 ) mixed with Laponite, undulations quenched by the surfactant-decorated clay lead to swelling; inclusion is not observed due to differences in rigidity. Long-range order is weakened leading eventually to the exclusion of surfactant in excess. In the case of a double anionic system (AOT-Laponite), electrostatic is dominant and the three regimes are encountered. In the catanionic case, admixing the double chain cationic lipid DDAB to the clay (in large charge excess), the platelets are coated by a positively charged bilayer. Long-range order is very efficiently dampened. From a low threshold (2% by weight), there is exclusion of a clay-poor collapsed lamellar phase, detected by the swelling of the main phase. The cationized clay does not interfere with the molecular force balance: the location of the critical point is unchanged. At high Laponite concentration, a very puzzling microstructure is observed. Some phase diagrams as well as representative SANS and SAXS data are extracted from the complete results concerning the lyotropic lamellar phase mixing problem available with all measures and evaluations of osmotic pressures in the PhD of the late Isabelle Grillo.
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- Isabelle Grillo
- Large Scale Structures, Institut Laue-Langevin - The European Neutron Source, 71, avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France
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- Large Scale Structures, Institut Laue-Langevin - The European Neutron Source, 71, avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France.
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, BP 17171, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Dahl M, Gommes CJ, Haverkamp R, Wood K, Prévost S, Schröer P, Omasta T, Stank TJ, Hellweg T, Wellert S. Confinement induced change of microemulsion phase structure in controlled pore glass (CPG) monoliths. RSC Adv 2024; 14:28272-28284. [PMID: 39239284 PMCID: PMC11372560 DOI: 10.1039/d4ra04090b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024] Open
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We use small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) to investigate the structure and phase behavior of a complex fluid within meso- and macroporous matrices. Specifically, bicontinuous microemulsions of the temperature-dependent ternary system C10E4-water-n-octane are investigated in controlled pore glass (CPG) membranes with nominal pore diameters of 10 nm, 20 nm, 50 nm, and 100 nm. The scattering data were analyzed using the Teubner-Strey model and a multiphase generalization of clipped Gaussian-field models. The analysis indicates changes in the phase structure of the bicontinuous microemulsion in the membranes with the smallest pores. This is attributed to a shift in the ternary phase diagram toward a three-phase structure at lower surfactant concentrations. This effect is likely related to a larger internal surface area in the membranes with smaller pores, which enhances surfactant adsorption onto the pore walls.
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- Margarethe Dahl
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 124 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Liège B6 A 3 Allée du 6 Août B-4000 Liège Belgium
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- Department of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Australian Nuclear and Technology Organisation New Illawarra Rd Lucas Heights NSW 2234 Australia
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- Institut Laue-Langevin 71 Avenue des Martyrs F-38042 Grenoble France
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 124 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 124 10623 Berlin Germany
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- Department of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Department of Physical and Biophysical Chemistry, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin Straße des 17. Juni 124 10623 Berlin Germany
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Tung CH, Hsiao YJ, Chen HL, Huang GR, Porcar L, Chang MC, Carrillo JM, Wang Y, Sumpter BG, Shinohara Y, Taylor J, Do C, Chen WR. Unveiling mesoscopic structures in distorted lamellar phases through deep learning-based small angle neutron scattering analysis. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 659:739-750. [PMID: 38211491 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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HYPOTHESIS The formation of distorted lamellar phases, distinguished by their arrangement of crumpled, stacked layers, is frequently accompanied by the disruption of long-range order, leading to the formation of interconnected network structures commonly observed in the sponge phase. Nevertheless, traditional scattering functions grounded in deterministic modeling fall short of fully representing these intricate structural characteristics. Our hypothesis posits that a deep learning method, in conjunction with the generalized leveled wave approach used for describing structural features of distorted lamellar phases, can quantitatively unveil the inherent spatial correlations within these phases. EXPERIMENTS AND SIMULATIONS This report outlines a novel strategy that integrates convolutional neural networks and variational autoencoders, supported by stochastically generated density fluctuations, into a regression analysis framework for extracting structural features of distorted lamellar phases from small angle neutron scattering data. To evaluate the efficacy of our proposed approach, we conducted computational accuracy assessments and applied it to the analysis of experimentally measured small angle neutron scattering spectra of AOT surfactant solutions, a frequently studied lamellar system. FINDINGS The findings unambiguously demonstrate that deep learning provides a dependable and quantitative approach for investigating the morphology of wide variations of distorted lamellar phases. It is adaptable for deciphering structures from the lamellar to sponge phase including intermediate structures exhibiting fused topological features. This research highlights the effectiveness of deep learning methods in tackling complex issues in the field of soft matter structural analysis and beyond.
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- Chi-Huan Tung
- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 30013, Taiwan
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- Department of Materials and Optoelectronic Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, B.P. 156, F-38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Computer Science, University at Albany - State University of New York, Albany, 12222, NY, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States
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- Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States
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- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, 37831, TN, United States.
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Shen P, Hu E, Zhang C, Gao Y, Qian S, Heng W, Zhang J, Wei Y. Hot "Dissolving" Extrusion of Lurasidone with Natural Liquid Small Molecule for Amorphous Solid Dispersion Based Self-Assembled Submicron Emulsion. Adv Healthc Mater 2024; 13:e2302488. [PMID: 38050839 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202302488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
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Nowadays, ≈90% of new drug candidates under development are poorly bioavailable due to their low solubility and/or permeability. Herein, a natural liquid small molecule trans-anethole (TA) is introduced into the drug-polymer system lurasidone (LUS)-poly (1-vinylpyrrolidone-co-vinyl acetate) (VA64), notably improving the compatibility of components for the successful preparation of amorphous solid dispersion (ASD) and facilitating the formation of self-emulsifying drug delivery system (SEDDS) during dissolution. LUS-TA-VA64 ASD shows enhanced supersaturation with a long maintenance time of at least 24 h over pure LUS. The strong non-covalent force between VA64 (as emulsifier) and TA (as oil phase)/ water promotes the self-assembly of submicron emulsion and ensures its stability for at least 10 h. Compared to the commercial salt form of LUS, the ASD shows twofold increase in peak plasma concentration (Cmax ) and area under plasma concentration-time profiles (AUC), 1.5-fold increase in peak time (Tmax ), and twofold decrease in AUC-based coefficient of variation (CV) (59%→26%) after a single oral dose to a rabbit.
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- Peiya Shen
- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing, 211816, P. R. China
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- School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, 211198, P. R. China
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Schmidt RF, Prévost S, Gradzielski M, Zemb T. Structure of microemulsions in the continuous phase channel. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. E, SOFT MATTER 2023; 46:76. [PMID: 37668863 PMCID: PMC10480248 DOI: 10.1140/epje/s10189-023-00337-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
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We have studied the microemulsion and lamellar phases of two of the most commonly described systems based on nonionic C12E5 and ionic AOT surfactants. We show that C12E5 is best described by the symmetric disordered open connected lamellar model (DOC-lamellar), contrary to the more commonly employed standard flexible model. In the case of AOT, the bicontinuous microemulsion structure is best described by the standard flexible model at high temperatures. Around room temperature, connected cylinders in a molten cubic crystal phase are the only description which corresponds to the data. In the lamellar phase, around one third of the available surface area is lost in fluctuations and defects. Comparing structurally predictive models with results from conductivity measurements show that salt adsorption in the hydrated ethoxy groups is dominant for C12E5 (nonionic). For AOT, our conductivity measurements clarify the role of tortuosity versus cation absorption.
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- Robert Franz Schmidt
- Stranski-Laboratorium Für Physikalische Und Theoretische Chemie, Institut Für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße Des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue Des Martyrs CS 20156, 38042, Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Stranski-Laboratorium Für Physikalische Und Theoretische Chemie, Institut Für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße Des 17. Juni 124, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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- UMR 5257 - CEA/CNRS/UM/ENSCM, Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, 30207, Marcoule, France.
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Prause A, Hechenbichler M, Schmidt RF, Prévost S, Cavalcanti LP, Laschewsky A, Gradzielski M. Modifying the Properties of Microemulsion Droplets by Addition of Thermoresponsive BAB* Copolymers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:2022-2035. [PMID: 36715565 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Oil-in-water (O/W) microemulsions (ME) typically feature a low viscosity and exhibit ordinary viscosity reduction as a function of temperature. However, for certain applications, avoiding or even reverting the temperature trend might be required. This can be conceived by adding thermoresponsive (TR) block copolymers that induce network formation as the temperature increases. Accordingly, various ME-polymer mixtures were studied for which three different block copolymer architectures of BAB*-, B2AB*-, and B(AB*)2-types were employed. Here, "B" represents a permanently hydrophobic, "A" a permanently hydrophilic, and "B*" a TR block. For the TR-block, three different poly(acrylamide)s, namely poly(N-n-propylacrylamide) (pNPAm), poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (pDEAm), and poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (pNiPAm), were used, which all exhibit a lower critical solution temperature. For a well-selected ME concentration, these block copolymers lead to a viscosity enhancement with increasing temperature. At a polymer concentration of about 22 g L-1, the most pronounced enhancement was observed for the pNPAm-based systems with factors up to 3, 5, and 8 for BAB*, B2AB*, and B(AB*)2, respectively. This phenomenon is caused by the formation of a transitory network mediated by TR-blocks, as evidenced by the direct correlation between the attraction strength and the viscosity enhancement. For applications requiring a high hydrophobic payload, which is attained via ME droplets, this kind of tailored temperature-dependent viscosity control of surfactant systems should therefore be advantageous.
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- Albert Prause
- FG Physical Chemistry/Molecular Material Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Berlin10623, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Potsdam14476, Germany
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- FG Physical Chemistry/Molecular Material Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Berlin10623, Germany
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, DS/LSS, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS 20 156, Grenoble Cedex 9F-38042, France
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- ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, DidcotOX11 0QX, U.K
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- Department of Chemistry, Universität Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24-25, Potsdam14476, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute of Applied Polymer Research IAP, Geiselbergstraße 69, Potsdam14476, Germany
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- FG Physical Chemistry/Molecular Material Science, Technische Universität Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 135, Berlin10623, Germany
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An Exception to Linearity in EACN Framework: Twin-Tail Lipophiles and n-Alkanes Interactions. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2023.131194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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Rahman A, Eastoe J. The effects of surfactant and oil chemical structures on self-assembly in apolar media. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:9133-9152. [PMID: 36444561 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00827k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The thermodynamic and chemical structural aspects of surfactant self-assembly in aqueous systems have been much studied. On the other hand, for oil-water interfaces the effects of chemical structures of surfactants and solvents have received less attention. This review focuses on the surfactant chemical effects in low dielectric solvents, in particular formation and properties of surfactant films at oil-water interfaces. For this purpose, reversed micelles (RMs) and water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsions (μEs) serve as model systems, since electrostatic effects are minimized, allowing a focus on chain architecture of the surfactants and oil solvents themselves. It is noted that chemical structure can have profound effects on stability and self-assembly, suggesting a possibility of identifying unified chemical principles for designing and formulating systems across various thermodynamic conditions.
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- Adhip Rahman
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
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Comprehensive review of the interfacial behavior of water/oil/surfactant systems using dissipative particle dynamics simulation. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 309:102774. [PMID: 36152373 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A comprehensive understanding of interfacial behavior in water/oil/surfactant systems is critical to evaluating the performance of emulsions in various industries, specifically in the oil and gas industry. To gain fundamental knowledge regarding this interfacial behavior, atomistic methods, e.g., molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, can be employed; however, MD simulation cannot handle phenomena that require more than a million atoms. The coarse-grained mesoscale methods were introduced to resolve this issue. One of the most effective mesoscale coarse-grained approaches for simulating colloidal systems is dissipative particle dynamics (DPD), which bridges the gap between macroscopic time and length scales and molecular-scale simulation. This work reviews the fundamentals of DPD simulation and its progress on colloids and interface systems, especially surfactant/water/oil mixtures. The effects of temperature, salt content, a water/oil ratio, a shear rate, and a type of surfactant on the interfacial behavior in water/oil/surfactant systems using DPD simulation are evaluated. In addition, the obtained results are also investigated through the lens of the chemistry of surfactants and emulsions. The outcome of this comprehensive review demonstrates the importance of DPD simulation in various processes with a focus on the colloidal and interfacial behavior of surfactants at water-oil interfaces.
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Li Z, Fan Z, Chen Z. Depiction of a non-aqueous ionic liquid surfactant-free microemulsion by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Structural and dynamical aspects of extremely swollen lyotropic phases. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Imel AE, Barth B, Hayes DG, Dadmun M, Zawodzinski T. Microemulsions as Emerging Electrolytes: The Correlation of Structure to Electrochemical Response. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:20179-20189. [PMID: 35467833 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c00181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We describe the structural studies of microemulsions (μEs) prepared from water, toluene, butanol, and polysorbate 20 (PS20) that we recently used as electrolytes. Small-angle neutron scattering was used to monitor the development of the bicontinuous system as a function of the water-to-surfactant mass ratio on a constant oil-to-surfactant dilution line, revealing how the domain size, correlation length, amphiphilicity factor, and bending moduli change with composition. Kratky and Porod analyses are also employed, providing further structural detail of the scattering domains. We demonstrate that controlling the water-to-surfactant ratio with a constant oil-to-surfactant dilution affects the bicontinuous phase, reveals a sizeable compositional region with structural similarities, and provides insight into the correlation of structure to physical properties. Voltammetric results are presented to examine how the evolution of the bicontinuous structure formed in a μE prepared from water, toluene, butanol, and PS20 contributes to the electrochemical response. These findings, therefore, provide essential information that will guide the formulation of μEs as electrolytes for energy storage.
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- Adam E Imel
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Energy Storage and Membrane Materials Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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Subba N, Das N, Sen P. Tracking Wormlike Micelle Formation in Solution: Unique Insight through Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopic Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:2486-2494. [PMID: 35164504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although worm-like micelles were invented 35 years ago, its formation pathway remains unclear. Inspired by the fact that a single molecular level experiment could provide meaningful and additional information, especially in a heterogeneous subpopulation, herein, we present a single molecular level study on the formation of wormlike micelles by cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium salicylate (NaSal) in water. Our results indicated a coexistence of normal spherical micelles along with a big wormlike micelle in its formation path. More interestingly, we have two unique insights into the formation mechanism, which are inaccessible in ensemble averaged experiments: (i) at extremely low concentrations of the surfactant, [CTAB]/[NaSal] ∼ 0.06, the wormlike micelle attains the highest size; and (ii) the relative concentration of wormlike micelles is highest when [CTAB]/[NaSal] ∼ 2.
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- Navin Subba
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016, UP India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016, UP India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016, UP India
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Matthews L, Narayanan T. High-resolution structural elucidation of extremely swollen lyotropic phases. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 610:359-367. [PMID: 34923273 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.11.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Self-assembled lyotropic phases are important in a variety of applications, in particular microemulsions are essential for formulation science. A spectacular situation arises when microemulsions are made to swell by systematically increasing the bending modulus of the surfactant film separating the oil and water regions. In an attempt to realize such extremely swollen microemulsion phases, Peter et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett., 76 (1996) 3866] found a variety of lyotropic phases including a long-range ordered three-dimensional cubic phase over a narrow section of the complex phase diagram of a pseudo-quaternary system composed of decane, brine, octanol, and sodium dodecyl sulfate. In this work, the same region of the phase diagram was reinvestigated using high-resolution small-angle X-ray scattering (HR-SAXS) and rheo-SAXS, which is an important technical aspect for homogenizing the sample and orienting the structural units. Whilst the formation of a swollen two-dimensional hexagonal phase was observed, the structural features of a cubic phase were not detected. The long correlation lengths noted prior were also seen here, over 2000 nm for the hexagonal phase, taken from rheo-SAXS measurements. Based on the measurements covering more than three orders of magnitude in scattering vector, the structure appeared to be an organization of elongated swollen emulsion droplets, which could form an interconnected structure, dense liquid-like order, or further order into a hexagonal morphology with unusually large lattice spacings for a surfactant system.
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Huang Z, Sun X, Liu Y, Cui J, Song A, Hao J. Metal ion-triggered Pickering emulsions and foams for efficient metal ion extraction. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 602:187-196. [PMID: 34119757 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.05.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Emulsions and foams were constructed by using surfactant particles as stabilizers. Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phosphate, abbreviated as HDEHP, was used as both an oil in neutral form and an anionic surfactant in deprotonated form, DEHP-. In the system of HDEHP/H2O, upon adding NaOH, a portion of HDEHP was deprotonated to form DEHP- as stabilizers of O/W emulsions. After introducing some certain metal ions, the O/W emulsions were transformed to W/O Pickering emulsions due to the generation of insoluble particles by DEHP- and metal ions. In addition, DEHP- could also combine with some metal ions to produce particles absorbed at air/water interface, forming ultrastable foams. Accompanied with the formation of Pickering emulsions and foams, the extraction of metal ions from water could be realized with high removal efficiency. The extractant, HDEHP, could be effectively recycled through convenient demulsification of Pickering emulsions or destruction of foams. This work provides new ideas for the construction of particle-stabilized dispersion systems and proposes methods with potential applications in industrial wastewater treatments.
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- Zhaohui Huang
- Key Laboratory of Colloids and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloids and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloids and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloids and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloids and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Colloids and Interface Chemistry (Ministry of Education), Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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Stemplinger S, Prévost S, Zemb T, Horinek D, Dufrêche JF. Theory of Ternary Fluids under Centrifugal Fields. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:12054-12062. [PMID: 34694817 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In this work, we developed a general theoretical description of ternary solutions of small molecules under a centrifugal field, from which we obtained the centrifugation map (CMap) as a general tool to understand observations or to predict composition profiles in centrifugal fields of arbitrary strength. The theoretical formalism is based on the classical density functional theory with established models for liquid mixtures. Thermodynamics also yields a general criterion for apparent aggregation. The strength of the CMap approach is illustrated for a ternary model system where ethanol is a co-solvent.
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- Simon Stemplinger
- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.,Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM) UMR 5257 CEA/CNRS/UM/ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM) UMR 5257 CEA/CNRS/UM/ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM) UMR 5257 CEA/CNRS/UM/ENSCM, Site de Marcoule, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, France
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Špadina M, Dufrêche JF, Pellet-Rostaing S, Marčelja S, Zemb T. Molecular Forces in Liquid-Liquid Extraction. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:10637-10656. [PMID: 34251218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The phase transfer of ions is driven by gradients of chemical potentials rather than concentrations alone (i.e., by both the molecular forces and entropy). Extraction is a combination of high-energy interactions that correspond to short-range forces in the first solvation shell such as ion pairing or complexation forces, with supramolecular and nanoscale organization. While the latter are similar to the long-range solvent-averaged interactions in the colloidal world, in solvent extraction they are associated with lower characteristic lengths of the nanometric domain. Modeling of such complex systems is especially complicated because the two domains are coupled, whereas the resulting free energy of extraction is around kBT to guarantee the reversibility of the practical process. Nevertheless, quantification is possible by considering a partitioning of space among the polar cores, interfacial film, and solvent. The resulting free energy of transfer can be rationalized by utilizing a combination of terms which represent strong complexation energies, counterbalanced by various entropic effects and the confinement of polar solutes in nanodomains dispersed in the diluent, together with interfacial extractant terms. We describe here this ienaics approach in the context of solvent extraction systems; it can also be applied to further complex ionic systems, such as membranes and biological interfaces.
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- Mario Špadina
- Group for Computational Life Sciences, Rud̵er Bošković Institute, Division of Physical Chemistry, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Research School of Physics, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Université Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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Jalali-Jivan M, Abbasi S, Fathi-Achachlouei B. Lutein extraction by microemulsion technique: Evaluation of stability versus thermal processing and environmental stresses. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2021.111839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Prause A, Hörmann A, Cristiglio V, Smales GJ, Thünemann AF, Gradzielski M, Findenegg GH. Incorporation and structural arrangement of microemulsion droplets in cylindrical pores of mesoporous silica. Mol Phys 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2021.1913255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Albert Prause
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Materials Chemistry, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Chemie, Berlin, Germany
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Gourdin-Bertin S, Dufrêche JF, Duvail M, Zemb T. Microemulsion as Model to Predict Free Energy of Transfer of Electrolyte in Solvent Extraction. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2021.1953259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- ICSM, CEA, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France
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- ICSM, CEA, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France
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Villalpando-Vázquez EM, Martínez-Martínez F, Larios-Durán ER, Carvajal-Ramos F, Escalante JI, Bárcena-Soto M, Gutiérrez-Becerra A. An alternative to the conventional dilution method using temperature changes to stabilize/destabilize reverse micelles containing cosurfactant. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2021.1949340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Chemical Engineering Department, University of Guadalajara, CUCEI, Guadalajara, México
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- Chemistry Department, University of Guadalajara, CUCEI, Guadalajara, México
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Bahadur J, Maity A, Sen D, Das A, Polshettiwar V. Origin of the Hierarchical Structure of Dendritic Fibrous Nanosilica: A Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Perspective. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:6423-6434. [PMID: 34008990 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The discovery of dendritic fibrous nanosilica (DFNS) has attracted great attention to the field of catalysis, CO2 capture, drug delivery due to its distinct morphology, and pore size distribution. Despite extensive research, the understanding of the DFNS formation process and its internal structure remains incomplete as microscopy and gas sorption techniques were not able to provide necessary in-depth structural information due to their inherent limitations. In the current work, we present a structural model of DFNS derived using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) supported by 129Xe nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), which provided intricate details of DFNS and its internal structure. Mechanistic understanding of the DFNS formation and growth process was achieved by performing time-resolved SAXS measurements during the synthesis of DFNS, which unveils the evolution of two levels of a bicontinuous microemulsion structure responsible for intricate DFNS morphology. The validity and the accuracy of the SAXS method and the model were successfully established through a direct correlation among the functionality of the DFNS scattering profile and its pore size distribution, as well as results obtained from the 129Xe NMR studies. It has been established that the DFNS structure originates from direct modulation of the bicontinuous structure controlled by a surfactant, a co-surfactant, and the silicate species formed during hydrolysis and the condensation reaction of the silica precursor.
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- Jitendra Bahadur
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai 400094, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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Gradzielski M, Duvail M, de Molina PM, Simon M, Talmon Y, Zemb T. Using Microemulsions: Formulation Based on Knowledge of Their Mesostructure. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5671-5740. [PMID: 33955731 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c00812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Microemulsions, as thermodynamically stable mixtures of oil, water, and surfactant, are known and have been studied for more than 70 years. However, even today there are still quite a number of unclear aspects, and more recent research work has modified and extended our picture. This review gives a short overview of how the understanding of microemulsions has developed, the current view on their properties and structural features, and in particular, how they are related to applications. We also discuss more recent developments regarding nonclassical microemulsions such as surfactant-free (ultraflexible) microemulsions or ones containing uncommon solvents or amphiphiles (like antagonistic salts). These new findings challenge to some extent our previous understanding of microemulsions, which therefore has to be extended to look at the different types of microemulsions in a unified way. In particular, the flexibility of the amphiphilic film is the key property to classify different microemulsion types and their properties in this review. Such a classification of microemulsions requires a thorough determination of their structural properties, and therefore, the experimental methods to determine microemulsion structure and dynamics are reviewed briefly, with a particular emphasis on recent developments in the field of direct imaging by means of electron microscopy. Based on this classification of microemulsions, we then discuss their applications, where the application demands have to be met by the properties of the microemulsion, which in turn are controlled by the flexibility of their amphiphilic interface. Another frequently important aspect for applications is the control of the rheological properties. Normally, microemulsions are low viscous and therefore enhancing viscosity has to be achieved by either having high concentrations (often not wished for) or additives, which do not significantly interfere with the microemulsion. Accordingly, this review gives a comprehensive account of the properties of microemulsions, including most recent developments and bringing them together from a united viewpoint, with an emphasis on how this affects the way of formulating microemulsions for a given application with desired properties.
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- Michael Gradzielski
- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany
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- ICSM, Université Montpellier, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, 30207 Marcoule, France
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- Centro de Física de Materiales (CFM) (CSIC-UPV/EHU)-Materials Physics Center (MPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 5, 20018 San Sebastián, Spain.,IKERBASQUE - Basque Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.,Department of Chemical Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnolgy Inst. (RBNI), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IL-3200003, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and the Russell Berrie Nanotechnolgy Inst. (RBNI), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, IL-3200003, Israel
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany.,ICSM, Université Montpellier, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, 30207 Marcoule, France
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Bouali S, Leybros A, Toquer G, Zemb T, Grandjean A. Influence of cerium salt concentration, co-solvents and water on the efficiency of supercritical CO2 extraction. Chem Eng Res Des 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2021.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Advances in microfluidic synthesis and coupling with synchrotron SAXS for continuous production and real-time structural characterization of nano-self-assemblies. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2021; 201:111633. [PMID: 33639513 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2021.111633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Microfluidic platforms have become highly attractive tools for synthesis of nanoparticles, including lipid nano-self-assemblies, owing to unique features and at least three important aspects inherent to miniaturized micro-devices. Firstly, the fluids flow under controlled conditions in the microchannels, providing well-defined flow profiles and shorter diffusion lengths that play important roles in enhancing the continuous production of lipid and polymer nanoparticles with relatively narrow size distributions. Secondly, various geometries adapted to microfluidic device designs can be utilized for enhancing the colloidal stability of nanoparticles and improving their drug loading. Thirdly, microfluidic devices are usually compatible with in situ characterization methods for real-time monitoring of processes occurring inside the microchannels. This is unlike conventional nanoparticle synthesis methods, where a final solution or withdrawn aliquots are separately analysed. These features inherent to microfluidic devices provide a tool-set allowing not only precise nanoparticle size control, but also real-time analyses for process optimization. In this review, we focus on recent advances and developments in the use of microfluidic devices for synthesis of lipid nanoparticles. We present different designs based on hydrodynamic flow focusing, droplet-based methods and controlled microvortices, and discuss integration of microfluidic platforms with synchrotron small-angle X ray scattering (SAXS) for in situ structural characterization of lipid nano-self-assemblies under continuous flow conditions, along with major challenges and future directions in this research area.
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Khatouri M, Ahfir R, Lemaalam M, El Khaoui S, Derouiche A, Filali M. Effect of hydrophobically modified PEO polymers (PEO-dodecyl) on oil/water microemulsion properties: in vitro and in silico investigations. RSC Adv 2021; 11:7059-7069. [PMID: 35423179 PMCID: PMC8694888 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra09804c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Microemulsions are excellent systems for transdermal delivery of multifunctional drugs because they have the potential to improve drug absorption/permeation and handling limitations. Biocompatible polymers are used as a coating of microemulsions to avoid the interactions that can occur between the microemulsions and the skin. Thus, they protect and lubricate these transporter nanovesicles. In this paper, we studied decane/water microemulsions covered with hydrophobically modified PEO polymer (PEO-m). To reveal the effect of hydrophobically modified PEO (PEO-m) polymer on the shape, the micro-arrangement and the dynamics of the microemulsions, we used an integrated strategy combining Molecular Dynamics simulation (MD), Small-Angle Neutron Scattering experiments (SANS), and the Ornstein-Zernike integral equations with the Hypernetted Chain (HNC) closure relation. We determined the microemulsion shape in vitro using the renormalized intensities spectra from SANS experiments. We discussed the micro arrangements of microemulsions, in vitro and in silico, employing the pair correlation function g(r) and the structure factor S(q), obtained from the three approaches with good agreement. Thus, we used the validated MD simulations to calculate the microemulsion's dynamics properties that we discussed using the mean-squared displacement (MSD) and the diffusion coefficients. We found that the presence of moderate quantities of PEO-m, from 4 to 12 PEO-m per microemulsion, does not influence the microemulsion shape, increases the stability of the microemulsion, and slightly decrease the dynamics. Our in vitro and in silico results suggest that polymer incorporation, which has interesting in vivo implications, has no disadvantageous effects on the microemulsion properties.
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- M Khatouri
- Laboratoire de Physique Appliquée, Informatique et Statistique (LPAIS), Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University BP 1796 Fes Atlas Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Physique Appliquée, Informatique et Statistique (LPAIS), Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University BP 1796 Fes Atlas Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Polymères et Phénomènes Critiques Sciences Faculty Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University P.O. Box 7955 Casablanca Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Physique Appliquée, Informatique et Statistique (LPAIS), Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University BP 1796 Fes Atlas Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Polymères et Phénomènes Critiques Sciences Faculty Ben M'Sik, Hassan II University P.O. Box 7955 Casablanca Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Physique Appliquée, Informatique et Statistique (LPAIS), Faculty of Sciences Dhar El Mahraz, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University BP 1796 Fes Atlas Morocco
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- Russell K. W. Spencer
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Department of Physics & Astronomy, and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Vatin M, Duvail M, Guilbaud P, Dufrêche JF. Liquid/liquid interface in periodic boundary condition. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:1178-1187. [PMID: 33355331 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp04629a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We study how surface phenomena can change the interface geometry in liquid-liquid two-phase systems with periodic boundary conditions. Without any curvature effect on surface tension, planar (slab), cylindrical, and spherical structures are successively obtained as a function of the total composition and elongation of the box, in accordance with molecular dynamics simulations for a water/heptane system. The curvature effects described by Tolman relationship desymmetrize the phase diagram by stabilizing a concavity but it leads to inconsistencies with high curvature. Helfrich model partially resolves this and predicts the possible presence of shells reflecting a frustrated system.
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- Marin Vatin
- ICSM, CEA, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France.
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- ICSM, CEA, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, ENSCM, Marcoule, France.
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Talianu MT, Dinu-Pîrvu CE, Ghica MV, Anuţa V, Jinga V, Popa L. Foray into Concepts of Design and Evaluation of Microemulsions as a Modern Approach for Topical Applications in Acne Pathology. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E2292. [PMID: 33228156 PMCID: PMC7699607 DOI: 10.3390/nano10112292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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With a fascinating complexity, governed by multiple physiological processes, the skin is considered a mantle with protective functions which during lifetime are frequently impaired, triggering dermatologic disorders. As one of the most prevalent dermatologic conditions worldwide, characterized by a complex pathogenesis and a high recurrence, acne can affect the patient's quality of life. Smart topical vehicles represent a good option in the treatment of a versatile skin condition. By surpassing the stratum corneum known for diffusional resistance, a superior topical bioavailability can be obtained at the affected place. In this direction, the literature study presents microemulsions as a part of a condensed group of modern formulations. Microemulsions are appreciated for their superior profile in matters of drug delivery, especially for challenging substances with hydrophilic or lipophilic structures. Formulated as transparent and thermodynamically stable systems, using simplified methods of preparation, microemulsions have a simple and clear appearance. Their unique structures can be explained as a function of the formulation parameters which were found to be the mainstay of a targeted therapy.
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- Marina-Theodora Talianu
- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020950 Bucharest, Romania; (M.-T.T.); (C.-E.D.-P.); (V.A.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020950 Bucharest, Romania; (M.-T.T.); (C.-E.D.-P.); (V.A.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020950 Bucharest, Romania; (M.-T.T.); (C.-E.D.-P.); (V.A.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020950 Bucharest, Romania; (M.-T.T.); (C.-E.D.-P.); (V.A.); (L.P.)
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, no.3, Faculty of Medicine, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania;
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- Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020950 Bucharest, Romania; (M.-T.T.); (C.-E.D.-P.); (V.A.); (L.P.)
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Wang R, Jin W, Huang X. Construction of zwitterionic surfactant-stabilized hydrophobic ionic liquid-based bicontinuous microemulsion and microstructure-dependent activity of solubilized lipase. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.114011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Liu Y, Chen S, Sheng L, Wang M, Liu H. The phase behavior and solubilization ability of nonionic surfactant-distillate fraction of crude oil microemulsion system. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Požar M, Bolle J, Sternemann C, Perera A. On the X-ray Scattering Pre-peak of Linear Mono-ols and the Related Microstructure from Computer Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:8358-8371. [PMID: 32856907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c05932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The X-ray scattering intensities (I(k)) of linear alkanols OH(CH2)n-1CH3 obtained from experiments (methanol to 1-undecanol) and computer simulations (methanol to 1-nonanol) of different force field models are comparatively studied particularly in order to explain the origin and the properties of the scattering pre-peak in the k-vector range 0.3-1 Å-1. The experimental I(k) values show two apparent features: the pre-peak position kP decreases with increasing n, and more intriguingly, the amplitude AP goes through a maximum at 1-butanol (n = 4). The first feature is well reproduced by all force-field models, while the second shows strong model dependence. The simulations reveal various shapes of clusters of the hydroxyl head-group from n>2. kP is directly related to the size of the meta-objects corresponding to such clusters surrounded by their alkyl tails. The explanation of the AP turnover at n = 4 is more involved in terms of cancellations of atom-atom structure factor S(k) contributions related to domain ordering. The flexibility of the alkyl tails tends to reduce the cross contributions, thus revealing the crucial importance of this parameter in the models. Force fields with all-atom representation are less successful in reproducing the pre-peak features for smaller alkanols, n<6, possibly because they blur the charge ordering process since all atoms bear partial charges. The analysis clearly shows that it is not possible to obtain a model-free explanation of the features of I(k).
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- Martina Požar
- Faculty of Science, University of Split, Rudjera Boškovića 33, Split 21000, Croatia
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- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund D-44221, Germany
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- Fakultät Physik/DELTA, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund D-44221, Germany
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- Laboratoire de Physique Thé orique de la Matière Condensé e (UMR CNRS 7600), Sorbonne Université, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris F75252 cedex 05, France
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Tartaro G, Mateos H, Schirone D, Angelico R, Palazzo G. Microemulsion Microstructure(s): A Tutorial Review. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 10:E1657. [PMID: 32846957 PMCID: PMC7558136 DOI: 10.3390/nano10091657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable, transparent, isotropic single-phase mixtures of two immiscible liquids stabilized by surfactants (and possibly other compounds). The assortment of very different microstructures behind such a univocal macroscopic definition is presented together with the experimental approaches to their determination. This tutorial review includes a necessary overview of the microemulsion phase behavior including the effect of temperature and salinity and of the features of living polymerlike micelles and living networks. Once these key learning points have been acquired, the different theoretical models proposed to rationalize the microemulsion microstructures are reviewed. The focus is on the use of these models as a rationale for the formulation of microemulsions with suitable features. Finally, current achievements and challenges of the use of microemulsions are reviewed.
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- Giuseppe Tartaro
- Department of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (G.T.); (H.M.); (D.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (G.T.); (H.M.); (D.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (G.T.); (H.M.); (D.S.)
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- Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Sciences (DIAAA), University of Molise, I-86100 Campobasso, Italy;
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- Department of Chemistry, and CSGI (Center for Colloid and Surface Science), University of Bari, via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy; (G.T.); (H.M.); (D.S.)
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Aubry JM, Ontiveros JF, Salager JL, Nardello-Rataj V. Use of the normalized hydrophilic-lipophilic-deviation (HLD N) equation for determining the equivalent alkane carbon number (EACN) of oils and the preferred alkane carbon number (PACN) of nonionic surfactants by the fish-tail method (FTM). Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 276:102099. [PMID: 31931276 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.102099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The standard HLD (Hydrophilic-Lipophilic-Deviation) equation expressing quantitatively the deviation from the "optimum formulation" of Surfactant/Oil/Water systems is normalized and simplified into a relation including only the three more meaningful formulation variables, namely (i) the "Preferred Alkane Carbon Number" PACN which expresses the amphiphilicity of the surfactant, (ii) the "Equivalent Alkane Carbon Number" EACN which accurately reflects the hydrophobicity of the oil and (iii) the temperature which has a strong influence on ethoxylated surfactants and is thus selected as an effective, continuous and reversible scanning variable. The PACN and EACN values, as well as the "temperature-sensitivity-coefficient"τ of surfactants are determined by reviewing available data in the literature for 17 nonionic n-alkyl polyglycol ether (CiEj) surfactants and 125 well-defined oils. The key information used is the so-called "fish-tail-temperature" T* which is a unique data point in true ternary CiEj/Oil/Water fish diagrams. The PACNs of CiEj surfactants are compared with other descriptors of their amphiphilicity, namely, the cloud point, the HLB number and the PIT-slope value. The EACNs of oils are rationalized by the Effective-Packing-Parameter concept and modelled thanks to the COSMO-RS theory.
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El Maangar A, Theisen J, Penisson C, Zemb T, Gabriel JCP. A microfluidic study of synergic liquid–liquid extraction of rare earth elements. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:5449-5462. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cp06569e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A membrane based liquid–liquid extraction microfluidic device coupled with X-ray fluorescence enables the first quantification of free energies of transfer dependence for a complex mixture of rare earth elements and iron using synergic extractants.
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Ferreira MS, Westfahl H, Loh W. Phase Diagrams and Structural Characterization of Mixtures of Silicone Surfactants + Silicone Oils + Water. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:10522-10532. [PMID: 31721583 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Silicone surfactants display unique properties and are widely employed in pharmaceutical and cosmetic products. In this work, we study water incorporation into silicone oils using silicone surfactants. Despite their importance, there are only a few studies reporting their phase equilibrium and structural characterization. Here, we determined the phase diagram of systems containing silicone oils, silicone surfactants, and water. In particular, we investigated the self-assembly behavior of two siloxane surfactants with the different hydrophilic-lipophilic balance: M(D'E7OH)M and MD18(D'3E18OAc)M and two silicone oils (cyclic oil-D4 and linear oil-MD15M). The phase behavior of the mixtures was investigated through optical inspection and structural characterization of aggregated states (microemulsions and mesophases) using small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). These water-in-oil microemulsions or bicontinuous microemulsions incorporated a maximum amount of approximately 20 wt % water for the two surfactants with cyclic oil. A similar behavior was also identified with linear silicone oil, though with smaller water contents. We also observed the formation of anisotropic states, with a predominance of lamellar phases and a small region of a hexagonal phase. A quantitative analysis of the SAXS curves in the lamellar region reveals that this mesophase swells continuously after the addition of water lamellar periods ranging from 50 Å (with 18 wt % water) to 64 Å (with 40 wt % water). Our results confirm and expand the earlier literature on similar compounds, indicating their potential in incorporating water into silicone mixtures and forming interesting mesophases. Accompanying this characterization, we also report a comprehensive and systematic set of structural details for the different systems (microemulsions, bicontinuous phases and mesophases) formed by these mixtures, derived from the SAXS measurements.
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- Maira Silva Ferreira
- Institute of Chemistry , University of Campinas (UNICAMP) , P.O. Box 6154, Campinas , Sao Paulo 13084-970 , Brazil
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- Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) , 13083-970 Campinas , Sao Paulo , Brazil
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- Institute of Chemistry , University of Campinas (UNICAMP) , P.O. Box 6154, Campinas , Sao Paulo 13084-970 , Brazil
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Bahadur J, Das A, Sen D. Evaporation-induced structural evolution of the lamellar mesophase: a time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering study. J Appl Crystallogr 2019. [DOI: 10.1107/s1600576719011671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Time-resolved small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurements have been carried out using the newly developed SAXS beamline at the Indus-2 synchrotron source to study the evaporation-induced structural evolution of the lamellar mesophase. An aqueous dispersion of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) of ∼0.60 volume fraction at room temperature results in a gel phase due to random jamming of the lamellar structured entities. Thermal analysis of SDS in the powder phase shows three distinct phenomena corresponding to evaporation of free and bound water, followed by thermal dissociation of SDS molecules. Time-resolved in situ SAXS measurements during evaporation of the gel under ambient conditions reveal two regimes of structural evolution of the lamellar phase. The evaporation rate in the first phase of evaporation up to 60 min is roughly six times faster than that in the second phase. A plausible mechanism is proposed to explain this behaviour. The intrusion of water molecules into layers sandwiched between polar head groups forms an additional 7 Å thick layer of water molecules, leading to an increase in the distance between the head groups. The evaporation of the water molecules in the first phase up to 60 min causes a reduction in the lamellar thickness of ∼3 Å. Subsequent evaporation of water molecules in the second phase is quite slow owing to the higher binding energy of these water molecules and the low permeability caused by the reduced lamellar thickness after the first phase of evaporation. The swelling behaviour of the lamellar structure under ambient conditions is found to be reversible and the powder-phase structure is observed after a few days of evaporation of the gel phase.
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Fan Y, Wang Y. Applications of small-angle X-ray scattering/small-angle neutron scattering and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy to understand self-assembly of surfactants. Curr Opin Colloid Interface Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2019.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Mulder M, Li XX, Nazim MM, Dalgliesh RM, Tian B, Buijse M, van Wunnik J, Bouwman WG. Systematically quantifying oil–water microemulsion structures using (spin-echo) small angle neutron scattering. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2019.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Behavior of the SDS/1-butanol and SDS/2-butanol mixtures at the water/n-octane interface through molecular dynamics simulations. Chem Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Jalali Jivan M, Abbasi S. Nano based lutein extraction from marigold petals: optimization using different surfactants and co-surfactants. Heliyon 2019; 5:e01572. [PMID: 31183433 PMCID: PMC6488751 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 02/06/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Nanotechnology has high potential in processing of industrial crops and by-products in order to extract valuable biological active compounds. The present study endeavored to take advantage of nanotech approach (i.e microemulsion, ME), as a novel green technique, for lutein extraction from marigold (Tagetes erecta) as an industrial crop. The pseudo-ternary phase diagrams confirmed the effect of surfactant type on the formation of mono-phasic lutein MEs. The combination of sucrose monopalmitate:1-poropanol (1:5) showed the highest efficiency in the presence of marigold petal powder (MPP, 18%) and water (42%). In addition, the efficiency of primitive MEs (without co-surfactants) was outstandingly increased as MPP was moistened by co-surfactants. Furthermore, different MEs resulted in various droplet size (14–250nm), PDI (0.05–0.32) and zeta potential (−1.96 to −38.50 mV). These findings revealed the outstanding importance of the surfactants and co-surfactants and their ratio on the extraction capability of MEs. These findings also proved the capability of microemulsion technique (MET) as a potential alternative to conventional solvent with possible applicability for extraction of lutein and other industrial plant based bio-compounds.
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- Mehdi Jalali Jivan
- Food Colloids and Rheology Lab., Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P O Box, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
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- Food Colloids and Rheology Lab., Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P O Box, 14115-336, Tehran, Iran
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Combined molecular dynamics (MD) and small angle scattering (SAS) analysis of organization on a nanometer-scale in ternary solvent solutions containing a hydrotrope. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 540:623-633. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Motokawa R, Kobayashi T, Endo H, Mu J, Williams CD, Masters AJ, Antonio MR, Heller WT, Nagao M. A Telescoping View of Solute Architectures in a Complex Fluid System. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2019; 5:85-96. [PMID: 30693328 PMCID: PMC6346384 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.8b00669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Short- and long-range correlations between solutes in solvents can influence the macroscopic chemistry and physical properties of solutions in ways that are not fully understood. The class of liquids known as complex (structured) fluids-containing multiscale aggregates resulting from weak self-assembly-are especially important in energy-relevant systems employed for a variety of chemical- and biological-based purification, separation, and catalytic processes. In these, solute (mass) transfer across liquid-liquid (water, oil) phase boundaries is the core function. Oftentimes the operational success of phase transfer chemistry is dependent upon the bulk fluid structures for which a common functional motif and an archetype aggregate is the micelle. In particular, there is an emerging consensus that mass transfer and bulk organic phase behaviors-notably the critical phenomenon of phase splitting-are impacted by the effects of micellar-like aggregates in water-in-oil microemulsions. In this study, we elucidate the microscopic structures and mesoscopic architectures of metal-, water-, and acid-loaded organic phases using a combination of X-ray and neutron experimentation as well as density functional theory and molecular dynamics simulations. The key conclusion is that the transfer of metal ions between an aqueous phase and an organic one involves the formation of small mononuclear clusters typical of metal-ligand coordination chemistry, at one extreme, in the organic phase, and their aggregation to multinuclear primary clusters that self-assemble to form even larger superclusters typical of supramolecular chemistry, at the other. Our metrical results add an orthogonal perspective to the energetics-based view of phase splitting in chemical separations known as the micellar model-founded upon the interpretation of small-angle neutron scattering data-with respect to a more general phase-space (gas-liquid) model of soft matter self-assembly and particle growth. The structure hierarchy observed in the aggregation of our quinary (zirconium nitrate-nitric acid-water-tri-n-butyl phosphate-n-octane) system is relevant to understanding solution phase transitions, in general, and the function of engineered fluids with metalloamphiphiles, in particular, for mass transfer applications, such as demixing in separation and synthesis in catalysis science.
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- Ryuhei Motokawa
- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
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- Materials
Sciences Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy
Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan
- Neutron
Science Division, Institute of Materials Structure Science, and Materials
and Life Science Division, J-PARC Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 203-1 Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
- Department
of Materials Structure Science, The Graduate
University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), 203-1 Shirakata, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, Japan
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- School
of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Chemical
Sciences & Engineering Division, Argonne
National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Neutron Scattering
Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- NIST
Center for Neutron Research, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-6102, United States
- Center
for Exploration of Energy and Matter, Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47408, United States
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Simon M, Krause P, Chiappisi L, Noirez L, Gradzielski M. Structural control of polyelectrolyte/microemulsion droplet complexes (PEMECs) with different polyacrylates. Chem Sci 2019; 10:385-397. [PMID: 30713642 PMCID: PMC6334502 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc04013c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The ionic assembly of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes (PESCs) is often done with the aim of constructing more functional colloids, for instance as advanced delivery systems. However, PESCs are often not easily loaded with a solubilisate due to intrinsic restrictions of such complexes. This question was addressed from a different starting point: by employing microemulsion droplets as heavily loaded surfactant systems and thereby avoiding potential solubilisation limitations from the beginning. We investigated mixtures of cationic oil-in-water (O/W) microemulsion droplets and oppositely charged sodium polyacrylate (NaPA) and determined structure and phase behaviour as a function of the mixing ratio for different droplet sizes and different M w (NaPA). Around an equimolar charge ratio an extended precipitate region is present, which becomes wider for larger droplets and with increasing M w of the NaPA. Static and dynamic light scattering (SLS and DLS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) show the formation of one-dimensional arrangements of microemulsion droplets for polyelectrolyte excess, which become more elongated with increasing M w (NaPA) and less so with increasing NaPA excess. What is interesting is a marked sensitivity to ionic strength, where already a modest increase to ∼20 mM leads to a dissolution of the complexes. This work shows that polyelectrolyte/microemulsion complexes (PEMECs) are structurally very versatile hybrid systems, combining the high solubilisate loading of microemulsions with the larger-scale structuring induced by the polymer, thereby markedly extending the concept of conventional PESCs. This type of system has not been described before and is highly promising for future applications where high payloads are to be formulated.
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- Miriam Simon
- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie , Institut für Chemie , Technische Universität Berlin , D-10623 Berlin , Germany . ;
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie , Institut für Chemie , Technische Universität Berlin , D-10623 Berlin , Germany . ;
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie , Institut für Chemie , Technische Universität Berlin , D-10623 Berlin , Germany . ;
- Institut Laue-Langevin , 38042 Grenoble , France
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin (CEA-CNRS) , Uni. Paris-Saclay , CEA-Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette , France
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- Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie , Institut für Chemie , Technische Universität Berlin , D-10623 Berlin , Germany . ;
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Wang C, Wiener CG, Fukuto M, Li R, Yager KG, Weiss RA, Vogt BD. Strain rate dependent nanostructure of hydrogels with reversible hydrophobic associations during uniaxial extension. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:227-236. [PMID: 30543258 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02165a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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An energy dissipation mechanism during deformation is required to impart toughness to hydrogels. Here we describe how in situ small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) provides insight into possible energy dissipation mechanisms for a tough hydrogel based on an amphiphilic copolymer where nanoscale associations of the hydrophobic moieties act as effective crosslinks. The mechanical properties of the hydrogels are intimately coupled with the nanostructure that provides reversible crosslinks and evolves during deformation. As the extension rate increases, more mechanical energy is dissipated from rearrangements of the crosslinks. The scattering is consistent with hopping of hydrophobes between the nanoscale aggregates as the primary rearrangement mechanism. This rearrangement changes the network conformation that leads to non-affine deformation, where the change in the nanostructure dimension from SAXS is less than 15% of the total macroscopic strain. These nanostructure changes are rate dependent and correlated with the relaxation time of the hydrogel. At low strain rate (0.15% s-1), no significant change of the nanostructure was observed, whereas at higher strain rates (1.5% s-1 and 8.4% s-1) significant nanostructure anisotropy occurred during extension. These differences are attributed to the ability for the network chains to rearrange on the time scale of the deformation; when the characteristic time for extension is longer than the average segmental relaxation time, no significant change in nanostructure occurs on uniaxial extension. These results illustrate the importance of strain rate in the mechanical characterization and consideration of relaxation time in the design of tough hydrogels with reversible crosslinks.
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- Chao Wang
- Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA.
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Basic principles of drug delivery systems - the case of paclitaxel. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 263:95-130. [PMID: 30530177 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2018.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 11/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide, exceeded only by cardiovascular diseases. The prevalent treatment currently used against metastatic cancer is chemotherapy. Among the most studied drugs that inhibit neoplastic cells from acquiring unlimited replicative ability (a hallmark of cancer) are the taxanes. They operate via a unique molecular mechanism affecting mitosis. In this review, we show this mechanism for one of them, paclitaxel, and for other (non-taxanes) anti-mitotic drugs. However, the use of paclitaxel is seriously limited (its bioavailability is <10%) due to several long-standing challenges: its poor water solubility (0.3 μg/mL), its being a substrate for the efflux multidrug transporter P-gp, and, in the case of oral delivery, its first-pass metabolism by certain enzymes. Adequate delivery methods are therefore required to enhance the anti-tumor activity of paclitaxel. Thus, we have also reviewed drug delivery strategies in light of the various physical, chemical, and enzymatic obstacles facing the (especially oral) delivery of drugs in general and paclitaxel in particular. Among the powerful and versatile platforms that have been developed and achieved unprecedented opportunities as drug carriers, microemulsions might have great potential for this aim. This is due to properties such as thermodynamic stability (leading to long shelf-life), increased drug solubilization, and ease of preparation and administration. In this review, we define microemulsions and nanoemulsions, analyze their pertinent properties, and review the results of several drug delivery carriers based on these systems.
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Chiappisi L, Grillo I. Looking into Limoncello: The Structure of the Italian Liquor Revealed by Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. ACS OMEGA 2018; 3:15407-15415. [PMID: 31458197 PMCID: PMC6644077 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.8b01858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Limoncello, the Italian liquor based on lemon essential oils, is becoming increasingly popular around the world. This digestive is not only an iconic representative of Italian food culture, but it is also a complex colloidal system, made of essential oils, ethanol, sucrose, and water. Smell, aroma, taste, and appearance of Limoncello do, of course, depend on the components, in particular on the peculiar essential oil mixture. Accordingly, several studies are available in the literature investigating the composition of various Limoncellos. However, the microscopic structure plays an equally important role when it comes to the sensory properties of food and beverages. In this work, small-angle neutron scattering was used to probe the microscopic structure of Limoncello, revealing the presence of spontaneously formed 100 nm-sized droplets over a large range of composition and temperature. The results are not limited to this famous drink but can be extended to the rapidly developing formulations based on water-insoluble oils, water, and alcohols.
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- Leonardo Chiappisi
- Stranski
Laboratorium für Physikalische Chemie und Theoretische Chemie,
Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität
Berlin, Strasse des 17. Juni 124, Sekr. TC7, , D-10623 Berlin, Germany
- Institut
Max von Laue−Paul Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Institut
Max von Laue−Paul Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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Zhang YT, Wang Z, Shen LN, Li YY, He ZH, Xia Q, Feng NP. A novel microemulsion-based isotonic perfusate modulated by Ringer's solution for improved microdialysis recovery of liposoluble substances. J Nanobiotechnology 2018; 16:91. [PMID: 30428875 PMCID: PMC6237007 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-018-0418-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Microdialysis is promising technique for dynamic microbiochemical sampling from tissues. However, the application of typical aqueous perfusates to liposoluble substances is limited. In this study, a novel microemulsion (ME)-based isotonic perfusate (RS-ME) was prepared to improve the recovery of liposoluble components using microdialysis probes. Results Based on pseudo-ternary phase diagrams and comparisons of the ME area, Kolliphor® EL and Transcutol® P were selected as the surfactant and co-surfactant, respectively, with a weight ratio (Km) of 2:1 and ethyl oleate as the oil phase. The ME was mixed with Ringer’s solution at a 1:6 ratio (v/v) to obtain the isotonic RS-ME. The droplet size distribution of the ME in RS-ME was 78.3 ± 9.2 nm, with a zeta potential of − 3.5 ± 0.3 mV. By microdialysis perfusion, RS-ME achieved higher recovery rates of the poorly water-soluble compounds evodiamine (EVO) and ruthenium (RUT), i.e., 58.36 ± 0.57% and 49.40 ± 0.57%, respectively, than those of 20% (v/v) PEG 400 Ringer's solution (RS-PEG) and 10% (v/v) ethanol Ringer’s solution (RS-EtOH). In vivo microdialysis experiments confirmed that RS-ME captured EVO and RUT molecules around the dialysis membrane more efficiently and exhibited less spreading than RS-PEG and RS-EtOH. Conclusions Owing to the nanosized droplets formed by lipid components in the RS-ME and the limited dispersion out of the dialysis membrane, we obtained good biocompatibility and reliable dialysis results, without affecting the tissue microenvironment. As a novel perfusate, RS-ME provides an easy and reliable approach to the microdialysis sampling of fat-soluble components.
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- Yong-Tai Zhang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, People's Republic of China.
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Danov KD, Kralchevsky PA, Stoyanov SD, Cook JL, Stott IP, Pelan EG. Growth of wormlike micelles in nonionic surfactant solutions: Quantitative theory vs. experiment. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 256:1-22. [PMID: 29804690 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2018.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Despite the considerable advances of molecular-thermodynamic theory of micelle growth, agreement between theory and experiment has been achieved only in isolated cases. A general theory that can provide self-consistent quantitative description of the growth of wormlike micelles in mixed surfactant solutions, including the experimentally observed high peaks in viscosity and aggregation number, is still missing. As a step toward the creation of such theory, here we consider the simplest system - nonionic wormlike surfactant micelles from polyoxyethylene alkyl ethers, CiEj. Our goal is to construct a molecular-thermodynamic model that is in agreement with the available experimental data. For this goal, we systematized data for the micelle mean mass aggregation number, from which the micelle growth parameter was determined at various temperatures. None of the available models can give a quantitative description of these data. We constructed a new model, which is based on theoretical expressions for the interfacial-tension, headgroup-steric and chain-conformation components of micelle free energy, along with appropriate expressions for the parameters of the model, including their temperature and curvature dependencies. Special attention was paid to the surfactant chain-conformation free energy, for which a new more general formula was derived. As a result, relatively simple theoretical expressions are obtained. All parameters that enter these expressions are known, which facilitates the theoretical modeling of micelle growth for various nonionic surfactants in excellent agreement with the experiment. The constructed model can serve as a basis that can be further upgraded to obtain quantitative description of micelle growth in more complicated systems, including binary and ternary mixtures of nonionic, ionic and zwitterionic surfactants, which determines the viscosity and stability of various formulations in personal-care and house-hold detergency.
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