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Liu X, Liu Y, Luo C, Wu N, Jiang J, Luo J, Ye C. Study on Dynamic Liquid-Carrying Process of Foaming Agent and Establishment of Mathematical Model. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024. [PMID: 39091131 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c01954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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The efficiency of foam drainage gas recovery is predominantly dictated by the performance of the foaming agent. To better understand their behavior, a novel testing apparatus was developed to simulate the foam drainage gas recovery process within the wellbore. Through the dynamic liquid-carrying performance tests of four foaming agents under uniform conditions, it was discerned that there existed significant disparities in the liquid-carrying performance and action duration. Further interface performance analysis disclosed that the liquid-carrying capacity and the duration were correlated with their adsorption capacity and interface activity at the gas-liquid interface. Notably, foaming agents with lower adsorption capacity and higher interfacial activity demonstrated superior liquid-carrying performance and longer action duration. By analyzing the consumption of foaming agents during the liquid-carrying process, five dynamic liquid-carrying equations were derived based on first-order reaction kinetics, the Malthusian population model, and the logistic function. The outcomes demonstrated that all these five equations could precisely delineate the dynamic liquid-carrying process of the foaming agent. During the research, we found that the consumption of the foaming agent in the foam drainage gas recovery process is related to its adsorption behavior at the gas-liquid interface, and revealed that the dynamic liquid-carrying process of foaming agent is the increasing process of liquid-carrying capacity under the continuous consumption of limited foaming agent resources. This laid a foundation for the further exploration of the functional mechanism of the foaming agent in the foam drainage gas recovery process.
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- Xiaoliang Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Oil&Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil&Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
- School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil&Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
- School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil&Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
- School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil&Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
- School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil&Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
- School of Petroleum Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, China
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- Engineering Technology Research Institute, PetroChina Southwest Oil&Gas Field Company, Chengdu 610017, China
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Yada S, Kuroda M, Ohno M, Koda T, Yoshimura T. Stability and Structural Analysis Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering for Foam of Homogeneous Polyoxyethylene-Type Nonionic Surfactants with Multibranched Chains. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:15355-15361. [PMID: 37844330 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering can provide insight into the microstructure of the surfactant-stabilized foam. In this study, small-angle neutron scattering in combination with other techniques was employed to determine the microstructure of the foams stabilized using novel homogeneous polyoxyethylene (EO) alkyl ether-type nonionic surfactants with multibranched double chains (bC7-bC9EO12). Similarly, homogeneous EO-type nonionic surfactants with linear double chains (C8-C8EO12) and a linear single chain (C18EO12) were used. bC7-bC9EO12 and C8-C8EO12 surfactants with branched hydrophobic chains or double chains increased the foam stability and suppressed the draining. Furthermore, they formed rod-like micelles, and C18EO12 formed spherical micelles in the bulk solution. The foam film containing the plateau border contained micelles identical with those found in the bulk solution. For bC7-bC9EO12 and C8-C8EO12, the average radius of the bubbles immediately after foaming was of the order of hundreds of μm. Finally, these radii grew to the order of thousands of μm. Thus, a significant correlation was observed between the micellar structure and the stability of these foams.
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- Shiho Yada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
- Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo 125-8585, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- Nissan Chemical Corporation, 5-1, Nihonbashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6119, Japan
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- Nissan Chemical Corporation, 5-1, Nihonbashi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6119, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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Braun L, Hohenschutz M, Diat O, von Klitzing R, Bauduin P. Repulsive, but sticky - Insights into the non-ionic foam stabilization mechanism by superchaotropic nano-ions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 641:437-448. [PMID: 36948099 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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HYPOTHESIS The superchaotropic Keggin polyoxometalate α-SiW12O404- (SiW) was recently shown to stabilize non-ionic surfactant (C18:1E10) foams owing to electrostatic repulsion that arises from the adsorption of SiW-ions to the foam interfaces. The precise mechanism of foam stabilization by SiW however remained unsolved. EXPERIMENTS Imaging and conductimetry were used on macroscopic foams to monitor the foam collapse under free drainage and small angle neutron scattering (SANS) at a given foam height allowed for the tracking of the evolution of film thickness under quasi-stationary conditions. Thin film pressure balance (TFPB) measurements enabled to quantify the resistance of single foam films to external pressure and to identify intra-film forces. FINDINGS At low SiW/surfactant ratios, the adsorption of SiW induces electrostatic repulsion within foam films. Above a concentration threshold corresponding to an adsorption saturation, excess of SiW screens the electrostatic repulsion that leads to thinner foam films. Despite screened electrostatics, the foam and single foam films remain very stable caused by an additional steric stabilizing force consistent with the presence of trapped micelles inside the foam films that bridge between the interfaces. These trapped micelles can serve as a surfactant reservoir, which promotes self-healing of the interface leading to much more resilient foam films in comparison to bare surfactant foams/films.
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- Larissa Braun
- Soft Matter at Interfaces, Department of Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France; RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Landoltweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- Soft Matter at Interfaces, Department of Physics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
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- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France.
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Hohenschutz M, Grillo I, Dewhurst C, Schmid P, Girard L, Jonchère A, Diat O, Bauduin P. Superchaotropic nano-ions as foam stabilizers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 603:141-147. [PMID: 34186391 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Weakly hydrated nanometric ions, called superchaotropes, were recently shown to adsorb strongly to non-ionic surfaces affecting drastically the surface's physical-chemical properties due to a charging effect. Superchaotropic ions could serve as stabilizing agents for non-ionic colloidal systems, such as non-ionic surfactant foams. EXPERIMENTS We study foams of the non-ionic surfactant BrijO10 (C18:1E10) without and in presence of the superchaotropic Keggin-ion SiW12O404- (SiW). The foams are investigated under free drainage conditions by image analysis and conductimetry to reveal the effect of SiW on the foam stability, liquid drainage, and bubble size. Additionally, small angle neutron scattering on the same foams, but in a dry quasi-stationary state, provides insight into effects of SiW on the foam films. FINDINGS SiW strongly stabilizes non-ionic surfactant foams at millimolar concentrations by inducing electrostatic repulsions between foam film interfaces resulting in thicker and monodisperse foam films. A similar effect is observed with the ionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) but to a lesser extent and with a different mechanism. At the foam films' interface, SiW adsorbs to the polar non-ionic surfactant heads driven by the superchaotropic effect whereas DS- anchors between non-ionic surfactant alkyl chains by the hydrophobic effect. The potential of superchaotropic ions as foam stabilizers is herein demonstrated.
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- Max Hohenschutz
- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), 71 Avenue des Martyrs, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule, ICSM, CEA, CNRS, ENSCM, Univ Montpellier, Marcoule, France.
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Perticaroli S, Herzberger J, Sun Y, Nickels JD, Murphy RP, Weigandt K, Ray PJ. Multiscale Microstructure, Composition, and Stability of Surfactant/Polymer Foams. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:14763-14771. [PMID: 33232158 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Inclusion of polymer additives is a known strategy to improve foam stability, but questions persist about the amount of polymer incorporated in the foam and the resulting structural changes that impact material performance. Here, we study these questions in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) foams using a combination of flow injection QTOF mass spectrometry and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements leveraging contrast matching. Mass spectrometry results demonstrate polymer incorporation and retention in the foam during drainage by measuring the HPMC-to-SDS ratio. The results confirm a ratio matching the parent solution and stability over the time of our measurements. The SANS measurements leverage precise contrast matching to reveal detailed descriptions of the micellar structure (size, shape, and aggregation number) along with the foam film thickness. The presence of HPMC leads to thicker films, correlating with increased foam stability over the first 15-20 min after foam production. Taken together, mass spectrometry and SANS present a structural and compositional picture of SDS/HPMC foams and an approach amenable to systematic study for foams, gathering mechanistic insights and providing formulation guidance for rational foam design.
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- Stefania Perticaroli
- The Procter and Gamble Company, Research and Development, Mason Business Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45040, United States
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- The Procter and Gamble Company, Research and Development, Mason Business Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45040, United States
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- The Procter and Gamble Company, Research and Development, Mason Business Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45040, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221, United States
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- Center for Neutron Research, Stop 6102, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20889-6102, United States
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- Center for Neutron Research, Stop 6102, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20889-6102, United States
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- The Procter and Gamble Company, Research and Development, Mason Business Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45040, United States
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Yada S, Shimosegawa H, Fujita H, Yamada M, Matsue Y, Yoshimura T. Microstructural Characterization of Foam Formed by a Hydroxy Group-Containing Amino Acid Surfactant Using Small-Angle Neutron Scattering. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:7808-7813. [PMID: 32536168 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering, which has not been extensively utilized for foam characterization, can provide important insights into the microstructure of surfactant-stabilized foam. Small-angle neutron scattering in combination with several other techniques was herein employed to determine the microstructure of foams stabilized by hydroxy group-containing (C12-EtOH-βAla) and hydroxy group-free (C12-Me-βAla) surfactants of the amino acid type. Hydroxy group introduction at the amide nitrogen had no effect on the foam film thickness (∼26 nm in both cases) but increased the foam stability and suppressed draining, as hydrogen bonding between hydroxy groups and carboxylate ions increased the foam film strength. Moreover, the obtained foam films were shown to contain micelles identical to those in the bulk solution.
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- Shiho Yada
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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- NOF Corporation, Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3 Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6019, Japan
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- NOF Corporation, Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3 Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6019, Japan
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- NOF Corporation, Yebisu Garden Place Tower, 20-3 Ebisu 4-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-6019, Japan
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- Kracie Home Products, Ltd., 134, Goudo-cho, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa 240-0005, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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Mikhailovskaya A, Zhang L, Cousin F, Boué F, Yazhgur P, Muller F, Gay C, Salonen A. Probing foam with neutrons. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 247:444-453. [PMID: 28764854 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/18/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Foams are multiscale materials that have an enormous number of uses. As the relevant structural length-scales span from a few nanometres up to millimetres a number of characterisation methods need to be combined to obtain the full material structure. In this review we explain how foams can be explored using Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS). We remind the reader of the basics of SANS and contrast variation before we describe the different types of experiments that have been carried out on foams emphasising the specific role of neutrons in learning about the systems. To date SANS has been used to measure different foam structural parameters, such as the film thickness and the bubble size. Several studies have also been carried out to elucidate the organisation of the stabilising objects in the bulk solution. Finally we show how SANS measurements can be used to measure foam composition. Some of the accessible information is unique to SANS experiments, but as the method is still not very widely used on foams the review is also aimed to act as an introduction on how to carry out such measurements on foams.
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, France
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- Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA Saclay, France; LICORNE, ECE Paris Ecole d'Ingénieurs, France
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- Matière et Systèmes Complexes, Université Paris Diderot, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris Sud, France.
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Li C, Zhang T, Ji X, Wang Z, Sun S, Hu S. Effect of Ca 2+ /Mg 2+ on the stability of the foam system stabilized by an anionic surfactant: A molecular dynamics study. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Micheau C, Bauduin P, Diat O, Faure S. Specific salt and pH effects on foam film of a pH sensitive surfactant. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:8472-8481. [PMID: 23758636 DOI: 10.1021/la400879t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Steady state foams made of a pH sensitive surfactant, nonaoxyethylene oleylether carboxylic acid, with ion complexing properties was studied using small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The effect of pH variation and salt addition on the foam film thickness was investigated and discussed in terms of the influent parameters stabilizing the foam such as surface properties and electrostatic effects determined by tensiometry and zeta potential measurements. The decrease in the film thickness by adding mono (Na(+)) and divalent (Ca(2+)) salts is classically explained by screening of the double layer in foam films (transverse interactions). On the contrary, addition of acid or complexing ion (Nd(3+)) results in an increase in the film thickness and can be analyzed in terms of cohesive forces between surfactants at the liquid/gas interface (lateral interactions). pH and specific salt effects revealed that foams produced by nonaoxyethylene oleylether carboxylic acid are of interest in the potential use of this surfactant in ion separation process.
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- Cyril Micheau
- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM), UMR 5257 (CEA/CNRS/UM2/ENSCM) BP 17171-30207, Bagnols Sur Cèze Cedex, France
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Schmidt I, Novales B, Boué F, Axelos M. Foaming properties of protein/pectin electrostatic complexes and foam structure at nanoscale. J Colloid Interface Sci 2010; 345:316-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2009] [Revised: 12/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ropers MH, Novales B, Boué F, Axelos MAV. Polysaccharide/Surfactant complexes at the air-water interface - effect of the charge density on interfacial and foaming behaviors. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:12849-12857. [PMID: 18950205 DOI: 10.1021/la802357m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The binding of a cationic surfactant (hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) to a negatively charged natural polysaccharide (pectin) at air-solution interfaces was investigated on single interfaces and in foams, versus the linear charge densities of the polysaccharide. Besides classical methods to investigate polymer/surfactant systems, we applied, for the first time concerning these systems, the analogy between the small angle neutron scattering by foams and the neutron reflectivity of films to measure in situ film thicknesses of foams. CTAB/pectin foam films are much thicker than the pure surfactant foam film but similar for high- and low-charged pectin/CTAB systems despite the difference in structure of complexes at interfaces. The improvement of the foam properties of CTAB bound to pectin is shown to be directly related to the formation of pectin-CTAB complexes at the air-water interface. However, in opposition to surface activity, there is no specific behavior for the highly charged pectin: foam properties depend mainly upon the bulk charge concentration, while the interfacial behavior is mainly governed by the charge density of pectin. For the highly charged pectin, specific cooperative effects between neighboring charged sites along the chain are thought to be involved in the higher surface activity of pectin/CTAB complexes. A more general behavior can be obtained at lower charge density either by using a low-charged pectin or by neutralizing the highly charged pectin in decreasing pH.
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- M H Ropers
- UR1268 Biopolymeres Interactions Assemblages, INRA, F-44300 Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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