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Baigadilov A, Colombano S, Omirbekov S, Cochennec M, Davarzani D, Lion F, Oxarango L, Bodiguel H. Surfactant foam injection for remediation of diesel-contaminated soil: A comprehensive study on the role of co-surfactant in foaming formulation enhancement. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 930:172631. [PMID: 38670385 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Aqueous foam injection is a promising technique for in-situ remediation of soil and aquifers contaminated by petroleum products. However, the application efficiency is strongly hindered by foam's instability upon contact with hydrocarbons. Addressing this, we propose a new binary surfactant mixture of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate (SDS) and Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine (CAHS). This study investigates CAHS's role as a co-surfactant in enhancing foam stability against antifoaming diesel oil under static and dynamic conditions. Using a dynamic foam analyzer (DFA-100), we assessed static foam's stability by monitoring decay profiles and bubble growth over time. The results revealed that the highest stability can be reached at a CAHS to SDS ratio of 50:50, increasing the half-life of the foam by 7.7 times. Remarkably, our analyses at bulk and bubble scales also elucidated the mechanisms behind the enhanced foam stability of the proposed binary surfactant mixture in the absence and presence of diesel. Additionally, in a 1D sand column, the SDS-CAHS mixture demonstrated more than twofold improvement of the Resistance Factor, attributed to the better survival of the lamellae due to the reduced rate of their destruction. This formulation also yielded a recovery improvement of >10 % compared to SDS foam. The significant improvements in stability and performance of the SDS-CAHS (50:50) mixture were credited to a robust pseudo-emulsion film formation, creating a higher oil entry barrier. This reinforcement and the surfactant molecules' synergistic interactions at the gas-liquid-oil interface significantly contributed to the overall effectiveness.
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- Adil Baigadilov
- BRGM (French Geological Survey), F-45060 Orléans, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LRP, Grenoble 38000, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble 38000, France.
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- National Laboratory Astana, Nazarbayev University, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan
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- BRGM (French Geological Survey), F-45060 Orléans, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, IRD, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble 38000, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, LRP, Grenoble 38000, France
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Svanedal I, Edlund H, Norgren M, Satija SK, Rennie AR. Impact of the Amphoteric Nature of a Chelating Surfactant on its Interaction with an Anionic Surfactant: A Surface Tension and Neutron Reflectivity Study of Binary Mixed Solutions. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:11366-11376. [PMID: 38496981 PMCID: PMC10938333 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c07547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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2-Dodecyldiethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (C12-DTPA) is a chelating, amphoteric surfactant with a bulky headgroup containing eight pH-responsive groups. The hypothesis was that the amphoteric nature of the chelating surfactant would affect the interaction with another surfactant and, consequently, also the composition of mixed surface layers. Binary mixed monolayers of C12-DTPA and the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were examined using neutron reflection and surface tension measurements. The experiments were conducted at pH 5, where the C12-DTPA monomers carried a net negative charge. Surface excess calculations at low total surfactant concentration revealed that the chelating surfactant dominated the surface composition. However, as the concentration was raised, the surface composition shifted toward an SDS-dominant state. This phenomenon was attributed to the increased ionic strength at increased concentrations, which altered the balance between competing entropic forces in the system. Interaction parameters for mixed monolayer formation were calculated, following a framework based on regular solution theory. In accordance with the hypothesis, the chelating surfactant's ability to modulate its charge and mitigate repulsive interactions in the surface layer resulted in favorable interactions between the anionic SDS and negatively charged C12-DTPA monomers. These interactions were found to be concentration-dependent, which was consistent with the observed shift in the surface layer composition.
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- Ida Svanedal
- Surface
and Colloid Engineering, FSCN Research Centre, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall SE-851 70, Sweden
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- Surface
and Colloid Engineering, FSCN Research Centre, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall SE-851 70, Sweden
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- Surface
and Colloid Engineering, FSCN Research Centre, Mid Sweden University, Sundsvall SE-851 70, Sweden
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- NIST
Center for Neutron Research, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, Maryland 6100, United States
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- Macromolecular
Chemistry and Centre for Neutron Scattering, Uppsala University, Ångström Laboratory, Box 538, Uppsala SE-75121, Sweden
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Chen C, Zhang H, Zhang X. Synergism of Surfactant Mixture in Lowering Vapor-Liquid Interfacial Tension. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:11828-11838. [PMID: 37556484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Through employing molecular dynamics, in this work, we study how a two-component surfactant mixture cooperatively reduces the interfacial tension of a flat vapor-liquid interface. Our simulation results show that in the presence of a given insoluble surfactant, adding a secondary surfactant would either further reduce interfacial tension, indicating a positive synergistic effect, or increase the interfacial tension instead, indicating a negative synergistic effect. The synergism of the surfactant mixture in lowering surface tension is found to depend strongly on the structure complementary effect between different surfactant components. The synergistic mechanisms are then interpreted with minimization of the bending free energy of the composite surfactant monolayer via cooperatively changing the monolayer spontaneous curvature. By roughly describing the monolayer spontaneous curvature with the balanced distribution of surfactant heads and tails, we confirm that the positive synergistic effect in lowering surface tension is featured with the increasingly symmetric head-tail distributions, while the negative synergistic effect is featured with the increasingly asymmetric head-tail distributions. Furthermore, our simulation results indicate that minimal interfacial tension can only be observed when the spontaneous curvature is nearly zero.
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- Changsheng Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Organic-inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic-inorganic Composites, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing 100029, China
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An efficient bioinspired functional micellar nanoreactor for dephosphorylation reactions. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Strong synergistic interactions in zwitterionic-anionic surfactant mixtures at the air-water interface and in micelles: The role of steric and electrostatic interactions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 613:297-310. [PMID: 35042030 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.01.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS The milder interaction with biosystems makes the zwitterionic surfactants an important class of surfactants, and they are widely used in biological applications and in personal care formulations. An important aspect of those applications is their strong synergistic interaction with anionic surfactants. It is anticipated that the strong interaction will significantly affect the adsorption and self-assembly properties. EXPERIMENTS Surface tension, ST, neutron reflectivity, NR, and small angle neutron scattering, SANS, have been used here to explore the synergistic mixing in micelles and at the air-water interface for the zwitterionic surfactant, dodecyldimethylammonium propanesulfonate, C12SB, and the anionic surfactants, alkyl ester sulfonate, AES, in the absence and presence of electrolyte, 0.1 M NaCl. FINDINGS At the air-water interface the asymmetry of composition in the strong synergistic interaction and the changes with added electrolyte and anionic surfactant structure reflect the relative contributions of the electrostatic and steric interactions to the excess free energy of mixing. In the mixed micelles the synergy is less pronounced and indicates less severe packing constraints. The micelle structure is predominantly globular to elongated, and shows a pronounced micellar growth with composition which depends strongly upon the nature of the anionic surfactant and the addition of electrolyte.
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Penfold J, Thomas RK. Neutron reflection and the thermodynamics of the air-water interface. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:8553-8577. [PMID: 35352746 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp00053a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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By means of isotopic substitution, measurements of the neutron reflectivity (NR) from a flat water surface generally give model independent measurements of the amount of a chosen solute at the surface irrespective of whether the layer is a mixture or whether there is any aggregation in the bulk solution. Previously, adsorption at air-water interfaces has been determined by applying the Gibbs equation to surface tension (ST) measurements, which requires assumptions about the composition of the surface and about the activity of the solute in the bulk, which, in turn, means that in practice the surface is assumed to consist of the pure solute or of a mixture of pure solutes, and that the activity of the solute in the bulk solution is known. The use of NR in combination with ST-Gibbs measurements makes it possible to (i) avoid these assumptions and hence understand several patterns of ST behaviour previously considered to be anomalous and (ii) to start to analyse quantitatively the behaviour of mixed surfactants both below and above the critical micelle concentration. These two developments in our understanding of the thermodynamics of the air-water interface are described with recent examples.
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- Jeffrey Penfold
- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxon, UK. .,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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Wei Y, Wang X, Dong L, Liu G, Xia Q, Yuan S. Molecular dynamics study on the effect of surfactant mixture on their packing states in mixed micelles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ma K, Li PX, Thomas RK, Penfold J. Unusual Maximum in the Adsorption of Aqueous Surfactant Mixtures: Neutron Reflectometry of Mixtures of Zwitterionic and Ionic Surfactants at the Silica-Aqueous Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:3939-3949. [PMID: 33775091 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The adsorption of two zwitterionic surfactants, dodecyldimethylammonium propanesulfonate (C12PS) and dodecyldimethylammonium carboxybetaine (C12CB), and of their mixtures with the cationic dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C12TAB) and the anionic sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) at the silica-water interface has been studied by neutron reflection (NR). The total adsorption, the composition of the adsorbed layer, and some structural information have been obtained over a range of concentrations from below the critical micelle concentration (CMC) to about 30× the mixed CMC. The adsorption behavior has been considered in relation to the previously measured micellar equilibrium of these mixtures in their bulk solutions and their adsorption at the air-water interface. C12CB adsorbs cooperatively close to its CMC to form an almost complete bilayer on its own, whereas C12PS adsorbs more weakly in a fragmented bilayer structure. Although SDS does not normally adsorb at the silica-water interface, SDS adsorbs strongly and cooperatively with C12PS at fractional SDS compositions up to about 0.5. This cooperativity is lost when the adsorbed fraction of SDS rises above about 0.5. At this point, adsorption drops sharply, creating an unusual maximum in the variation of adsorption with a total concentration above the mixed CMC. Neither the increase in cooperativity nor the subsequent decline in adsorption results directly from variations of the independently determined monomer concentrations in the bulk solution. The adsorption maximum is predominantly the effect of strong cooperative interaction, possibly accompanied by partial segregation of SDS within the layer, followed by charge repulsion from the surface. Although the solution aggregation and adsorption at the A-W interface are similar for SDS with C12CB, the addition of SDS to C12CB at the silica-water interface promotes the opposite behavior to that of SDS with C12PS, and SDS simply disrupts the cooperative binding of C12CB. Unlike SDS, the cationic surfactant C12TAB adsorbs on silica. It therefore coadsorbs at the SiO2-W interface with either C12CB or C12PS. However, in neither case is there any pronounced cooperativity and, even though the presence of C12TAB might be expected to favor adsorption, the adsorption is generally unexpectedly low.
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- Kun Ma
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX, U.K
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Wang Z, Li P, Ma K, Chen Y, Yan Z, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Campana M, Webster JR, Li Z, Neil JH, Xu H, Petkov J, Roberts DW. α-Sulfo alkyl ester surfactants: Impact of changing the alkyl chain length on the adsorption, mixing properties and response to electrolytes of the tetradecanoate. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 586:876-890. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Tucker I, Burley A, Petkova R, Hosking S, Thomas R, Penfold J, Li P, Ma K, Webster J, Welbourn R. Surfactant/biosurfactant mixing: Adsorption of saponin/nonionic surfactant mixtures at the air-water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 574:385-392. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Tucker IM, Burley A, Petkova RE, Hosking SL, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Li PX, Webster JRP, Welbourn R. Mixing Natural and Synthetic Surfactants: Co-Adsorption of Triterpenoid Saponins and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate at the Air-Water Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:5997-6006. [PMID: 32388992 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00922] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Saponins are highly surface active glycosides, derived from a wide range of plant species. Their ability to produce stable foams and emulsions has stimulated their applications in beverages, foods, and cosmetics. To explore a wider range of potential applications, their surface mixing properties with conventional surfactants have been investigated. The competitive adsorption of the triterpenoid saponin escin with an anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, at the air-water interface has been studied by neutron reflectivity, NR, and surface tension. The NR measurements, at concentrations above the mixed critical micelle concentration, demonstrate the impact of the relative surface activities of the two components. The surface mixing is highly nonideal and can be described quantitatively by the pseudophase approximation with the inclusion of the quadratic and cubic terms in the excess free energy of mixing. Hence, the surface mixing is highly asymmetrical and reflects both the electrostatic and steric contributions to the intermolecular interactions. The relative importance of the steric contribution is reinforced by the observation that the micelle mixing is even more nonideal than the surface mixing. The mixing properties result in the surface adsorption being largely dominated by the SDS over the composition and concentration range explored. The results and their interpretation provide an important insight into the wider potential for mixing saponins with more conventional surfactants.
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- I M Tucker
- Unilever Research and Development, Port Sunlight Laboratory, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development, Port Sunlight Laboratory, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development, Port Sunlight Laboratory, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development, Port Sunlight Laboratory, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX, OXON, U.K
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX, OXON, U.K
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- ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX, OXON, U.K
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- ISIS Facility, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX, OXON, U.K
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Li P, Wang Z, Ma K, Chen Y, Yan Z, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Campana M, Webster JR, Washington A. Multivalent electrolyte induced surface ordering and solution self-assembly in anionic surfactant mixtures: Sodium dodecyl sulfate and sodium diethylene glycol monododecyl sulfate. J Colloid Interface Sci 2020; 565:567-581. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Zhang Y, Cai HY, Hu SS, Li JG, Gong QT, Ma WJ, Liu ZY, Zhang L, Zhang L, Zhao S. Interfacial dilational properties of betaines and sulfonate mixtures: Effects of alkyl chain length. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2018.1561305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Yi Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Beijing, P. R. China
- PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Beijing, P. R. China
- PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Yanshan Branch, Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, SINOPEC, Beijing, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Beijing, P. R. China
- PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
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Ciszewski RK, Gordon BP, Muller BN, Richmond GL. Takes Two to Tango: Choreography of the Coadsorption of CTAB and Hexanol at the Oil-Water Interface. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:8519-8531. [PMID: 31513405 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mixed surfactant systems at the oil-water interface play a vital role in applications ranging widely from drug delivery to oil-spill remediation. Synergistic mixtures are superior emulsifiers and more effective at modifying surface tension than either component alone. Mixtures of surfactants with dissimilar polar head groups are of particular interest because of the additional degree of control they offer. The interplay of hydrophobic and electrostatic effects in these systems is not well understood, in part because of the difficulty in examining their behavior at the buried oil-water interface where they reside. Here, surface-specific vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy is utilized in combination with surface tensiometry and computational methods to probe the cooperative molecular interactions between a cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and a nonionic alcohol (1-hexanol) that induce the two initially reluctant surfactants to coadsorb synergistically at the interface. A careful deuteration study of CTAB reveals that hexanol cooperates with CTAB such that both molecules preferentially orient at the interface for sufficiently large enough concentrations of hexanol. This work's methodology is unique and serves as a guide for future explorations of macroscopic properties in these complex systems. Results from this work also provide valuable insights into how interfacial ordering impacts surface tensiometry measurements for nonionic surfactants.
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- Regina K Ciszewski
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Oregon , 1253 University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Oregon , 1253 University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Oregon , 1253 University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of Oregon , 1253 University of Oregon , Eugene , Oregon 97403 , United States
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Penfold J, Thomas RK. Recent developments and applications of the thermodynamics of surfactant mixing. Mol Phys 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2019.1649489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Jeffrey Penfold
- ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Chilton, Didcot, UK
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Li P, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Xu H. Multilayers formed by polyelectrolyte-surfactant and related mixtures at the air-water interface. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 269:43-86. [PMID: 31029983 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2019.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The structure and occurrence of multilayered adsorption at the air-water interface of surfactants in combination with other oppositely charged species is reviewed. The main species that trigger multilayer formation are multiply charged metal, oligo- and polyions. The structures vary from the attachment of one or two more or less complete surfactant bilayers to the initial surfactant monolayer at the air-water interface to the attachment of a greater number of bilayers with a more defective structure. The majority of the wide range of observations of such structures have been made using neutron reflectometry. The possible mechanisms for the attraction of surfactant bilayers to an air-water interface are discussed and particular attention is given to the question of whether these structures are true equilibrium structures.
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- Peixun Li
- STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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- STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom.
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- KLK OLEO, Room 1603, 16th Floor, LZY Tower, 4711 Jiao Tong Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200331, China
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Kadhum HJ, Mahapatra DM, Murthy GS. A comparative account of glucose yields and bioethanol production from separate and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation processes at high solids loading with variable PEG concentration. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2019; 283:67-75. [PMID: 30901590 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.03.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Revised: 03/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A process strategy to aid in optimal enzymatic hydrolysis through the addition of polyethylene glycol (PEG6000) was tested for separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF). Pretreated wheat straw at 30% solids (w/w) loading was enzymatically hydrolyzed with 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 2.5% of PEG6000 through SHF and SSF. During SHF, bioethanol concentration of 107.5 g/L (2.5% PEG6000) was achieved. SSF ethanol concentration were about 113 g/L at 1.5% PEG6000 addition. A technoeconomic feasibility showed a return on investment (ROI) of 8.13% using 0.5% PEG6000 for SHF (96 h) and 12.25% ROI for SSF control (72 h). Life cycle assessment for the various scenarios indicated higher environmental gains for best cases of SSF over SHF. The study shows the SSF approach (0% PEG6000; 72 h) facilitates higher process efficiencies; technoeconomic gains and high environmental sustainability for future scale-up and commercial realization.
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- Haider Jawad Kadhum
- Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States; College of Agriculture, Al-Qasim Green University, Babylon, Iraq.
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- Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
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- Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States.
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Smith C, Lu JR, Thomas RK, Tucker IM, Webster JRP, Campana M. Markov Chain Modeling of Surfactant Critical Micelle Concentration and Surface Composition. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:561-569. [PMID: 30540480 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b03624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A Markov chain (MC) model has been used to model the following binary surfactant mixtures: linear alkylbenzenesulfonate (LAS4)/octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E8) at 10 and 25 °C, LAS6/acidic sophorolipid (AS), C12Betaine/C12Maltoside, sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES2)/C12E8, and rhamnolipid (R1)/LAS6. The critical micellar concentration and the composition of the adsorbed layer, for each system, can be modeled using the same monomer reactivity ratio values, g1 and g2. This implies that the interactions between the surfactants in the bulk solution and at the interface are the same, within error. For the LAS4/C12E8 system at 25 °C, the ranges of g1 and g2 values which can model both sets of data are within 0.03-0.05 and 1.55-2.10, respectively; g1 ≪ g2 implies that C12E8 is significantly more surface active than LAS4. The MC model indicates a negative change in the free energy upon mixing for all of the surfactant systems, consistent with the literature. The interfacial mixing behavior of LAS4/SLES2 is inferred from the results of the MC analysis of the LAS4/C12E8 and SLES2/C12E8 systems, which share a common surfactant partner in C12E8, and the prediction is in line with the published data.
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- Charles Smith
- Biological Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Manchester , Schuster Building, Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Manchester , Schuster Building, Oxford Road , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , University of Oxford , South Parks Road , Oxford OX1 3QZ , U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Port Sunlight Laboratory, Quarry Road East , Bebington , Wirral CH63 3JW , U.K
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- STFC , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0QX , U.K
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- STFC , Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0QX , U.K
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Thomas RK, Penfold J. Thermodynamics of the Air–Water Interface of Mixtures of Surfactants with Polyelectrolytes, Oligoelectrolytes, and Multivalent Metal Electrolytes. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:12411-12427. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- Robert K. Thomas
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton,
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA, U.K
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An Interaction of Anionic- and Cationic-Rich Mixed Surfactants in Aqueous Medium through Physicochemical Properties at Three Different Temperatures. J CHEM-NY 2018. [DOI: 10.1155/2018/4594062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The mixed micellization of aqueous binary mixtures of DTAB-rich and SDS-rich surfactants, comprising sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) is studied in aqueous solution by using the physicochemical properties (PCPs) at three different temperatures (T = 293.15, 298.15, and 303.15 K) and P=0.1 MPa. The DTAB concentration is varied from 0.0001 to 0.03 M/mol·L−1 in the ∼0.01 M/mol·L−1 SDS solution, while the concentration of SDS is varied from 0.001 to 0.015 M/mol·L−1 in the ∼0.005 M/mol·L−1 DTAB. The stable formulations have been obtained by employing the DTAB-rich and SDS-rich surfactants solutions in 3 : 1 ratio. Therefore, different phases and aggregated states formed in the ternary combinations of DTAB/SDS/H2O have been identified and described. The calculated PCPs have been utilized for determining the nature of the solute-solvent interaction (SLS0I). With increasing surfactants concentration, the polarisation of the solution also increases along with an increase in relative viscosity (ηr), viscous relaxation time (τ), and surface excess concentration (Γmax). However, the surface area of the molecule (Amin), hydrodynamic volume (Vh), and hydrodynamic radius (Rh) decrease along with an increase in surfactants concentration.
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Smith C, Lu JR, Tucker IM, Grainger D, Li P, Webster JRP, Thomas RK. Temperature Resistant Binary SLES/Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures at the Air/Water Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:9442-9452. [PMID: 30010345 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b01093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Surface compositions of adsorbed monolayers at the air/water interface, formed from binary surfactant mixtures in equilibrium, have been studied using neutron reflectivity at three discrete temperatures: 10, 25, and 40 °C. The binary compositions studied are sodium lauryl dodecyl ether sulfate (SLES EO3)/C12E n, where n = 6 and 8, at a fixed concentration of 2 mM with and without the addition of 0.1 M NaCl. Without NaCl, the nonionic surfactant dominates at the interface and nonideal mixing behavior is observed. This is modeled using the pseudophase approximation with a quadratic expansion of the free energy of mixing. The addition of 0.1 M NaCl screens the charge interaction between the surfactants and drives the surface composition of each system closer to that of the bulk composition. However, model fits to both the micelles and surface layers suggest that nonideal mixing is still taking place, although it is difficult to establish the extent of nonideality due to the limited data quality. The effect of temperature changes on the surface adsorption and composition of the surfactant mixtures is minimal and within error, with and without NaCl, but the critical micelle concentrations are significantly affected. This indicates the dominant influence of steric hindrances and surfactant charge interactions in determining interfacial behavior for these surfactants, relative to the temperature changes. The study also highlights the delicate effect of a relatively small change in the number of EO groups on mixing behavior.
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- Charles Smith
- Biological Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Manchester , Schuster Building, Brunswick Street , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- Biological Physics Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Manchester , Schuster Building, Brunswick Street , Manchester M13 9PL , U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Port Sunlight Laboratory , Quarry Road East , Bebington , Wirral CH63 3JW , U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Port Sunlight Laboratory , Quarry Road East , Bebington , Wirral CH63 3JW , U.K
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , STFC , Chilton, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0QX , U.K
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , STFC , Chilton, Didcot , Oxfordshire OX11 0QX , U.K
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , University of Oxford , South Parks Road , Oxford OX1 3QZ , U.K
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Gord JR, Zhao X, Liu E, Bertram TH, Nathanson GM. Control of Interfacial Cl2 and N2O5 Reactivity by a Zwitterionic Phospholipid in Comparison with Ionic and Uncharged Surfactants. J Phys Chem A 2018; 122:6593-6604. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.8b04590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Joseph R. Gord
- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1101 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Sanchez-Fernandez A, Moody GL, Murfin LC, Arnold T, Jackson AJ, King SM, Lewis SE, Edler KJ. Self-assembly and surface behaviour of pure and mixed zwitterionic amphiphiles in a deep eutectic solvent. SOFT MATTER 2018; 14:5525-5536. [PMID: 29926037 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm00755a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Recent investigations have shown that deep eutectic solvents provide a suitable environment for self-organisation of biomolecules, in particular phospholipids and proteins. However, the solvation of complex lyophilic moieties by deep eutectic solvents still remains unclear. Here we explore the behaviour of zwitterionic surfactants in choline chloride:glycerol eutectic mixture. Dodecyl-2-(trimethylammonio)ethylphosphate and N-alkyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate (alkyl = dodecyl, tetradecyl) surfactants were investigated by means of surface tension, X-ray reflectivity and small-angle neutron scattering. These surfactants were found to remain surface active and form globular micelles in deep eutectic solvents. Still, the surface behaviour of these species was found to differ depending on the headgroup and tail structure. The morphology of the micelles also slightly varies between surfactants, demonstrating differences in the packing of individual monomers. The characteristics of mixtures of the dodecyl surfactants is also reported, showing a deviation from ideal mixing associated with attractive interactions between sulfobetaine and phosphocholine headgroups. Such non-ideality results in variation of the surface behaviour and self-assembly of these surfactant mixtures. The results presented here will potentially lead to the development of new alternatives for drug-delivery, protein solubilisation and biosensing through a better fundamental understanding of the behaviour of zwitterionic surfactants in deep eutectic solvents.
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- A Sanchez-Fernandez
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
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Pan X, Yang F, Chen S, Zhu X, Wang C. Cooperative Effects of Zwitterionic-Ionic Surfactant Mixtures on the Interfacial Water Structure Revealed by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:5273-5278. [PMID: 29672067 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cooperative effects of a series of equimolar binary zwitterionic-ionic surfactant mixtures on the interfacial water structure at the air-water interfaces have been studied by sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS). For zwitterionic surfactant palmityl sulfobetaine (SNC16), anionic surfactant sodium hexadecyl sulfate (SHS), and cationic surfactant cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) with the same length of alkyl chain, significantly enhanced ordering of interfacial water molecules was observed for the zwitterionic-anionic surfactant mixtures SNC16-SHS, indicating that SNC16 interacts more strongly with SHS than with CTAB because of the strong headgroup-headgroup electrostatic attraction for SNC16-SHS. Meanwhile, the SFG amplitude ratio of methyl and methylene symmetric stretching modes was used to verify the stronger interaction between SNC16 and SHS. The conformational order indicator increased from 0.64 for SNC16 to 7.17 for SNC16-SHS but only 0.94 for SNC16-CTAB. In addition, another anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was introduced to study the influence of chain-chain interaction. Decreased SFG amplitude of interfacial water molecules for SNC16-SDS was observed. Therefore, both the headgroup-headgroup electrostatic interaction and chain-chain van der Waals attractive interaction of the surfactants play an important role in enhancing the ordering of interfacial water molecules. The results provided experimental and theoretical bases for practical applications of the surfactants.
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- Xuecong Pan
- Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments , Chinese Academy of Sciences , 40-1 South Beijing Road , Urumqi 830011 , Xinjiang , China
- Laboratory of Nanofiber Membrane Materials and Devices , Xinjiang University Institute of Science and Technology , 1 Xuefu Road , Akesu 843100 , Xinjiang , China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments , Chinese Academy of Sciences , 40-1 South Beijing Road , Urumqi 830011 , Xinjiang , China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments , Chinese Academy of Sciences , 40-1 South Beijing Road , Urumqi 830011 , Xinjiang , China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments , Chinese Academy of Sciences , 40-1 South Beijing Road , Urumqi 830011 , Xinjiang , China
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- Laboratory of Environmental Science and Technology, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Functional Materials and Devices for Special Environments , Chinese Academy of Sciences , 40-1 South Beijing Road , Urumqi 830011 , Xinjiang , China
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Jin F, Wei P, Pu W, Zhang L, Qian Z, Wu G. Investigation on Foam Self-Generation Using In Situ
Carbon Dioxide (CO2
) for Enhancing Oil Recovery. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Fayang Jin
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation; Southwest Petroleum University; Chengdu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation; Southwest Petroleum University; Chengdu China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation; Southwest Petroleum University; Chengdu China
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- Southwest Petroleum University and Sichuan Guangya Polymer Chemical Company Limited; Chengdu China
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- Research Institute of Engineering Technology; Northwest Oilfield Company; Sinopec Urumchi China
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- Research Institute of Engineering Technology; Northwest Oilfield Company; Sinopec Urumchi China
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Xu H, Li P, Ma K, Welbourn RJ, Doutch J, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Roberts DW, Petkov JT, Choo KL, Khoo SY. Adsorption and self-assembly in methyl ester sulfonate surfactants, their eutectic mixtures and the role of electrolyte. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 516:456-465. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.01.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Liley JR, Thomas RK, Penfold J, Tucker IM, Petkov JT, Stevenson PS, Banat IM, Marchant R, Rudden M, Webster JRP. Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface in Biosurfactant-Surfactant Mixtures: Quantitative Analysis of Adsorption in a Five-Component Mixture. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:13027-13039. [PMID: 29043809 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The composition of the air-water adsorbed layer of a quinary mixture consisting of three conventional surfactants, octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E8), dodecane-6-p-sodium benzene sulfonate (LAS6), and diethylene glycol monododecyl ether sodium sulfate (SLE2S), mixed with two biosurfactants, the rhamnolipids l-rhamnosyl-l-rhamnosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl, R2, and l-rhamnosyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl-β-hydroxydecanoyl, R1, has been measured over a range of compositions above the mixed critical micelle concentration. Additional measurements on some of the subsets of ternary and binary mixtures have also been measured by NR. The results have been analyzed using the pseudophase approximation (PPA) in conjunction with an excess free energy, GE, that depends on the quadratic and cubic terms in the composition. The compositions of the binary, ternary, and quinary mixtures could all be fitted to two sets of interaction parameters between the pairs of surfactants, one for micelles and one for adsorption. No ternary interactions or ternary corrections were required. Because the system contains two strongly anionic surfactants, the PPA can be extended, in practice, to ionic surfactants, contrary to the prevailing view. The values of the interaction parameters show that the quinary mixture, SLE2S-LAS6-C12E8-R1-R2, which is known to be a highly effective surfactant system, is characterized by a sequence of strong surface but weak micellar interactions. About half of the minima in GE for the strong surface interactions occur well away from the regular solution value of 0.5.
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- Jessica R Liley
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, U.K
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory , Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory , Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory , Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster , Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster , Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster , Coleraine BT52 1SA, Northern Ireland
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- STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, U.K
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Physicochemical properties and esterolytic reactivity of oxime functionalized surfactants in pH-responsive mixed micellar system. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.04.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Liley JR, Thomas RK, Penfold J, Tucker IM, Petkov JT, Stevenson P, Webster JRP. Impact of Electrolyte on Adsorption at the Air-Water Interface for Ternary Surfactant Mixtures above the Critical Micelle Concentration. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:4301-4312. [PMID: 28402119 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The composition of the air-water adsorbed layer of the ternary surfactant mixture, octaethylene monododecyl ether, C12E8, sodium dodecyl 6-benzenesulfonate, LAS, and sodium dioxyethylene glycol monododecyl sulfate, SLES, and of each of the binary mixtures, with varying amounts of electrolyte, has been studied by neutron reflectivity. The measurements were made above the mixed critical micelle concentration. In the absence of electrolyte adsorption is dominated by the nonionic component C12E8 but addition of electrolyte gradually changes this so that SLES and LAS dominate at higher electrolyte concentrations. The composition of the adsorbed layer in both binary and ternary mixtures can be quantitatively described using the pseudo-phase approximation with quadratic and cubic interactions in the excess free energy of mixing (GE) at both the surface and in the micelles. A single set of parameters fits all the experimental data. A similar analysis is effective for a mixture in which SDS replaces SLES. Addition of electrolyte weakens the synergistic SLES-C12E8 and LAS-C12E8 interactions, consistent with them being dominated by electrostatic interactions. The SLES-LAS (and SDS-LAS) interaction is moderately strong at the surface and is little affected by addition of electrolyte, suggesting that it is controlled by structural or packing factors. Most of the significant interactions in the mixtures are unsymmetrical with respect to composition, with the minimum in GE at the 1:2 or 2:1 composition. There is a small structural contribution to the LAS-C12E8 interaction that leads to a minimum intermediate in composition between 1:2 and 1:1 (LAS:C12E8) and to a significant residual GE in strong electrolyte.
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- Jessica R Liley
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
- Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory , Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, United Kingdom
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory , Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, United Kingdom
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory , Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, United Kingdom
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- STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory , Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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Liley JR, Thomas RK, Penfold J, Tucker IM, Petkov JT, Stevenson P, Webster JRP. Surface Adsorption in Ternary Surfactant Mixtures above the Critical Micelle Concentration: Effects of Asymmetry on the Composition Dependence of the Excess Free Energy. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:2825-2838. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b01337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jessica R. Liley
- Physical
and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks
Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Physical
and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks
Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
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- Physical
and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks
Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, U.K
- Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory, Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory, Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory, Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH63 3JW, U.K
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- Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, STFC, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA, U.K
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Synergisms in Binary Mixtures of Anionic and pH-Insensitive Zwitterionic Surfactants and Their Precipitation Behavior with Calcium Ions. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-016-1902-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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