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Zhang Y, Marlow JB, Wood K, Wang J, Warr GG, Li H, Atkin R. Phase behaviour and aggregate structures of the surface-active ionic liquid [BMIm][AOT] in water. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 652:749-757. [PMID: 37582670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.08.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
Abstract
HYPOTHESIS The surface-active ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium 1,4-bis-2-ethylhexylsulfosuccinate ([BMIm][AOT]), has a sponge-like bulk nanostructure consisting of percolating polar and apolar domains formed by the ion charge groups and alkyl chains, respectively. We hypothesise that added water will swell the polar domains and change the liquid nanostructure. EXPERIMENTS Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and polarizing optical microscopy (POM) were used to investigate the nanostructure of [BMIm][AOT] as a function of water content. Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) was employed to probe the thermal transitions of [BMIm][AOT]-water mixtures and the mobility of water molecules. FINDINGS SAXS, SANS and POM show that at lower water contents, [BMIm][AOT]-water mixtures have a sponge-like nanostructure similar to the pure SAIL, at medium water contents a lamellar phase forms, and at high water contents vesicles form. DSC results reveal that water molecules are supercooled in the lamellar phase. For the first time, results reveal a series of transitions from inverse sponge, to lamellar then to vesicles, for [BMIm][AOT] upon dilution with water.
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- Yunxiao Zhang
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, New South Wales 2234, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Sydney Nano Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia; Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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Ávila J, Lozano-Martín D, Simões Santos M, Zhang Y, Li H, Pádua A, Atkin R, Costa Gomes M. Effect of ion structure on the physicochemical properties and gas absorption of surface active ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:6808-6816. [PMID: 36790213 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05145a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/11/2023]
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Surface active ionic liquids (SAILs) combine useful characteristics of both ionic liquids (ILs) and surfactants, hence are promising candidates for a wide range of applications. However, the effect of SAIL ionic structures on their physicochemical properties remains unclear, which limits their uptake. To address this knowledge gap, in this work we investigated the density, viscosity, surface tension, and corresponding critical micelle concentration in water, as well as gas absorption of SAILs with a variety of cation and anion structures. SAILs containing anions with linear alkyl chains have smaller molar volumes than those with branched alkyl chains, because linear alkyl chains are interdigitated to a greater extent, leading to more compact packing. This interdigitation also results in SAILs being about two orders of magnitude more viscous than comparable conventional ILs. SAILs at the liquid-air interface orient alkyl chains towards the air, leading to low surface tensions closer to n-alkanes than conventional ILs. Critical temperatures of about 900 K could be estimated for all SAILs from their surface tensions. When dissolved in water, SAILs adsorb at the liquid-air interface and lower the surface tension, like conventional surfactants in water, after which micelles form. Molecular simulations show that the micelles are spherical and that lower critical micelle concentrations correspond to the formation of aggregates with a larger number of ion pairs. CO2 and N2 absorption capacities are examined and we conclude that ionic liquids with larger non-polar domains absorb larger quantities of both gases.
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- Jocasta Ávila
- Laboratoire de Chimie ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France.
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- Grupo de Termodinámica y Calibración (TERMOCAL), Research Institute on Bioeconomy, Escuela de Ingenierías Industriales, Universidad de Valladolid, Paseo del Cauce, 59, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Chimie ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie ENS Lyon, CNRS and Université de Lyon, 46 allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France.
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Monti GA, Falcone RD, Moyano F, Correa NM. Green AOT reverse micelles as nanoreactors for alkaline phosphatase. The hydrogen bond "dances" between water and the enzyme, the reaction product, and the reverse micelles interface. RSC Adv 2023; 13:1194-1202. [PMID: 36686944 PMCID: PMC9811498 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra06296h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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In this work, we present an investigation of the influence of water encapsulated in 1,4-bis-2-ethylhexylsulfosuccinate/methyl laurate and 1,4-bis-2-ethylhexylsulfosuccinate/isopropyl myristate reverse micelles on the enzymatic hydrolysis of 1-naphthyl phosphate by alkaline phosphatase. Our results show that the enzyme is active in the biocompatible reverse micelles studied and that the Michaelis-Menten kinetic model is valid in all systems. We found that both micellar systems studied have a particular behavior toward pH and that the penetration of external solvents into the interfaces is crucial to understanding the effect. Methyl laurate does not disrupt the interface and is not necessary to control the pH value since alkaline phosphatase in the center of the micelles is always solvated similarly. In contrast, isopropyl myristate disrupts the interfaces so that the water and 1-naphthol molecules cannot form hydrogen bond interactions with the polar head of the surfactant. Then, when the water is at pH = 7, the 1-naphthol moves away to the interfaces inhibiting alkaline phosphatase which is not observable when the water is at pH = 10. Our study shows that the concept of pH cannot be used directly in a confined environment. In addition, our research is of great importance in the field of reactions that occur in reverse micelles, catalyzed by enzymes.
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- Gustavo A. Monti
- Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS, CONICET-UNRC), Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Río CuartoRío CuartoArgentina,Instituto de Investigaciones en Tecnologías Energéticas y Materiales Avanzados (IITEMA, CONICET-UNRC), Departamento de Tecnología Química, Universidad Nacional de Río CuartoRío CuartoArgentina
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- Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS, CONICET-UNRC), Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Río CuartoRío CuartoArgentina
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- Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS, CONICET-UNRC), Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Río CuartoRío CuartoArgentina
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- Instituto para el Desarrollo Agroindustrial y de la Salud (IDAS, CONICET-UNRC), Departamento de Química, Universidad Nacional de Río CuartoRío CuartoArgentina
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Zhang Y, Marlow JB, Millar W, Silvester DS, Warr GG, Li H, Atkin R. Effect of ion structure on the nanostructure and electrochemistry of surface active ionic liquids. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:931-939. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Dimethyl sulfoxide fosters larger micelles of docusate sodium in the mixed solutions with water. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Dib N, Falcone RD, Acuña A, García-Río L. Ionic liquid-based reverse micelles. Use of hydrogen–deuterium exchange as a tool for surfactant self-assembly characterization. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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M. O. Lépori C, Soledad Orellano M, Mariano Correa N, Silber JJ, Darío Falcone R. Understanding the interfacial properties of bmim-AOT reverse micelles for their application as nanoreactors. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Pan A, Phani Kumar BV, Mati SS, Mal A, Prameela GK, Aswal VK, Moulik SP. Condition dependent self-aggregation behavior of aerosol-OT in mixed water-alcohol media: Physicochemical investigation. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Fortes Martín R, Thünemann AF, Stockmann JM, Radnik J, Koetz J. From Nanoparticle Heteroclusters to Filament Networks by Self-Assembly at the Water-Oil Interface of Reverse Microemulsions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:8876-8885. [PMID: 34255529 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Surface self-assembly of spherical nanoparticles of sizes below 10 nm into hierarchical heterostructures is under arising development despite the inherent difficulties of obtaining complex ordering patterns on a larger scale. Due to template-mediated interactions between oil-dispersible superparamagnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) and polyethylenimine-stabilized gold nanoparticles (Au(PEI)NPs) at the water-oil interface of microemulsions, complex nanostructured films can be formed. Characterization of the reverse microemulsion phase by UV-vis absorption revealed the formation of heteroclusters from Winsor type II phases (WPII) using Aerosol-OT (AOT) as the surfactant. SAXS measurements verify the mechanism of initial nanoparticle clustering in defined dimensions. XPS suggested an influence of AOT at the MNP surface. Further, cryo-SEM and TEM visualization demonstrated the elongation of the reverse microemulsions into cylindrical, wormlike structures, which subsequently build up larger nanoparticle superstructure arrangements. Such WPII phases are thus proven to be a new form of soft template, mediating the self-assembly of different nanoparticles in hierarchical network-like filaments over a substrate during solvent evaporation.
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- Rebeca Fortes Martín
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Unter den Eichen 87, 12205 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Biocompatible Solvents and Ionic Liquid-Based Surfactants as Sustainable Components to Formulate Environmentally Friendly Organized Systems. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:polym13091378. [PMID: 33922597 PMCID: PMC8122929 DOI: 10.3390/polym13091378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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In this review, we deal with the formation and application of biocompatible water-in-oil microemulsions commonly known as reverse micelles (RMs). These RMs are extremely important to facilitate the dissolution of hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds for biocompatibility in applications in drug delivery, food science, and nanomedicine. The combination of two wisely chosen types of compounds such as biocompatible non-polar solvents and ionic liquids (ILs) with amphiphilic character (surface-active ionic liquids, SAILs) can be used to generate organized systems that perfectly align with the Green Chemistry concepts. Thus, we describe the current state of SAILs (protic and aprotic) to prepare RMs using non-polar but safe solvents such as esters derived from fatty acids, among others. Moreover, the use of the biocompatible solvents as the external phase in RMs and microemulsions/nanoemulsions with the other commonly used biocompatible surfactants is detailed showing the diversity of preparations and important applications. As shown by multiple examples, the properties of the RMs can be modified by changes in the type of surfactant and/or external solvents but a key fact to note is that all these modifications generate novel systems with dissimilar properties. These interesting properties cannot be anticipated or extrapolated, and deep analysis is always required. Finally, the works presented provide valuable information about the use of biocompatible RMs, making them a green and promising alternative toward efficient and sustainable chemistry.
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