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Eftaiha AF, Qaroush AK, Foudeh DM, Abo-Shunnar AS, Hammad SB, Assaf KI, Paige MF. The effect of structural changes on the self-assembly of novel green pyridinium-carboxylate gemini surfactants in Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films. SOFT MATTER 2024; 20:3742-3754. [PMID: 38619818 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm01671d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Engineered molecules with tailored molecular structures have the potential to advance various disciplines by enhancing the properties of biological membranes. In this study, we investigated the fundamental interfacial behavior of newly synthesized, water insoluble, cationic pyridinium-carboxylate based gemini surfactants (GSs) using picolinic acid (PA), nicotinic acid (NA), and isonicotinic acid (INA) and their interactions with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) in Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films. Two synthetic methodologies were employed: (a) connecting two alkyl pyridinecarboxylates through the nitrogen atoms with a xylenyl spacer, namely, PAGS, NAGS1, and INAGS; and (b) dimerizing two nicotinic acid molecules through ester linkages with 1,4-benzenedimethanol, and then quaternizing the pyridine nitrogens with hexadecyl chains to yield NAGS2. A combination of Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging techniques yielded valuable insights into the morphology of the GS films and their mixtures with DPPC. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were used to gain further information on the GSs structures and understand their assembly. The results indicate that the film of INAGS is the most hydrophobic film, and its monolayer is the least compressible. When the nitrogen atom and a carboxylate group of the headgroup are positioned closer to each other, the GS molecules tend to form aggregates instead of a continuous film which is observed for the INAGS surfactant. This observation is consistent with the DFT energy values of pair interactions, indicating that both PAGS and NAGS1 have closely packed conformations with high stabilization energy.
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- Ala'a F Eftaiha
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan.
- Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, Zarqa 13133, Jordan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
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Eftaiha AF, Qaroush AK, Abo-Shunnar AS, Hammad SB, Assaf KI, Al-Qaisi FM, Paige MF. Interfacial Behavior of Modified Nicotinic Acid as Conventional/Gemini Surfactants. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:8524-8533. [PMID: 35775397 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We report the synthesis and monolayer properties of conventional and gemini surfactants composed of nicotinic acid-based head groups with an emphasis on assessing how chemical structures affect the behavior of monolayers. A combination of Brewster angle microscopy and atomic force microscopy showed that pure hexadecyl nicotinate formed rippled strands in monolayers, and the gemini correspondents with either flexible or rigid organic linkers resulted in lobed-compact domains, which provides a simple method for patterning air-water and solid-air interfaces. The structural differences between conventional and gemini nicotinic acid-based surfactants could be explained by the interplay between line tension (that favors the formation of circular domains), balanced by dipole-dipole repulsion interaction between headgroups, which promotes extended domains. Miscibility and morphology studies of the modified nicotinic acid surfactants with palmitic acid demonstrated that the properties of mixed films can be controlled by the structure of the former. Excess Gibbs free energies of mixing indicated that the mixed films were less stable than the pure monolayers, and the positive deviations from ideality were the largest in the case of gemini surfactants.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ala'a F Eftaiha
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt 19117, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box 330127, Zarqa 13133, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
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Yan C, Paige MF. Pattern Formation in Phase-Separated Langmuir and Langmuir Monolayer Films. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:8357-8369. [PMID: 34236880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Mixed monolayer films comprising hydrogenated and fluorinated surfactants can undergo phase separation to produce interfaces with diverse structures at the micrometer and nanometer scales. This review discusses our progress over the past decade to probe the relationship that exists between the molecular structure of the surfactants that comprise the films and the overall patterns formed in the monolayers. We review two main classes of mixed perfluorocarbon-hydrocarbon surfactant systems, including fatty acids and a recently developed family of EDTA-based gemini surfactants. In addition to summarizing the state-of-the-art of this field, the key scientific questions and relationships that require further elucidation are discussed, along with directions for continuing research into this fascinating area of research.
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- Ci Yan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5C9, Canada
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Eftaiha AF, Qaroush AK, Kayed GG, Abdel Rahman ARK, Assaf KI, Paige MF. Morphological and Interaction Characteristics of Surface-Active Ionic Liquids and Palmitic Acid in Mixed Monolayers. Chemphyschem 2020; 21:1858-1865. [PMID: 32598077 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202000359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A series of water soluble, surface-active ionic liquids (SAILs), namely, 1-alkyl-3-methyl imidazolium chlorides ([Cn -mim]Cl) and their mixtures with palmitic acid (PA) are investigated in Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films. It is inferred from the surface pressure-area isotherms that C16 -mim-IL mixes non-ideally with PA and stabilizes the binary mixed films. In addition, the residence of mim-IL at the water surface is enhanced as a function of the increasing alkyl side chain length. Generally, the compressional moduli values decrease upon increasing the content of the mim-ILs over a wide range of compositions. Furthermore, film relaxation measurements indicate that the IL component is selectively excluded from the mixed films upon achieving a certain target pressure. Brewster angle microscope images demonstrate minimal changes on the PA domains in the presence of either C4 - and C8 -mim-ILs, whereas presence of the hexadecyl counterpart results in the formation of condensed sheets. Atomic force microscopy imaging of deposited films show the formation of propeller-like aggregates when C8 - or C16 -mim-IL is present in the mixed films.
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- A F Eftaiha
- Department of Chemistry, The Hashemite University, P.O. Box, 150459, Zarqa 13115, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The University of Jordan, Amman, 11942, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, 19117, Jordan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, Saskatoon, SK, S7N 5C9, Canada
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Paige MF, Eftaiha AF. Phase-separated surfactant monolayers: Exploiting immiscibility of fluorocarbons and hydrocarbons to pattern interfaces. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 248:129-146. [PMID: 28756970 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/17/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The mutual immiscibility of hydrogenated and fluorinated surfactants at interfaces frequently leads to phase-separation, which provides a useful and flexible method for patterning air-water and solid-air interfaces. In this article, we review recent advances in the use of hydrogenated-fluorinated surfactant mixtures to achieve interfacial patterning. For even relatively simple systems comprised of binary mixed monolayers of hydrogenated and perfluorinated fatty acids, a diverse range of film morphologies can be generated at the air-water interface and successfully transferred onto solid substrates. Systematic investigations reported over the past several years have allowed for correlation between the chemical structure of the film constituents with the gross film morphology and underlying crystalline structure of the films. Early thermodynamic models based on the interplay between dipole-dipole repulsion forces between charged headgroups balanced by line tension between phases that were formulated to describe phase-behavior in simple phospholipid monolayer systems have proven highly useful to describe morphologies for the immiscible surfactant blends. Beyond simple binary fatty acid mixtures, highly-structured films have also been reported in mixed phospholipid systems, which have found important application in controlling the physical, compositional and performance properties of lung surfactant mixtures, as well as in semifluorinated alkane monolayers which form unique, hemimicellar structures at both liquid and solid interfaces. We also describe advances in using these approaches to pattern photopolymerizable, luminescent surfactants, which have found extensive use in colorimetric and fluorometric sensing devices. The long-term outlook for this field, with an emphasis on potential applications and future research directions are discussed.
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