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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: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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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Dari C, Dallagi H, Faille C, Dubois T, Lemy C, Deleplace M, Abdallah M, Gruescu C, Beaucé J, Benezech T, Fameau AL. Decontamination of Spores on Model Stainless-Steel Surface by Using Foams Based on Alkyl Polyglucosides. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28030936. [PMID: 36770605 PMCID: PMC9919089 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28030936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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In the food industry, the surfaces of processing equipment are considered to be major factors in the risk of food contamination. The cleaning process of solid surfaces is essential, but it requires a significant amount of water and chemicals. Herein, we report the use of foam flows based on alkyl polyglucosides (APGs) to remove spores of Bacillus subtilis on stainless-steel surfaces as the model-contaminated surface. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was also studied as an anionic surfactant. Foams were characterized during flows by measuring the foam stability and the bubble size. The efficiency of spores' removal was assessed by enumerations. We showed that foams based on APGs could remove efficiently the spores from the surfaces, but slightly less than foams based on SDS due to an effect of SDS itself on spores removal. The destabilization of the foams at the end of the process and the recovery of surfactant solutions were also evaluated by using filtration. Following a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach, we evaluated the impact of the foam flow on the global environmental footprint of the process. We showed significant environmental impact benefits with a reduction in water and energy consumption for foam cleaning. APGs are a good choice as surfactants as they decrease further the environmental impacts.
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Fameau A, Marangoni AG. Back to the future: Fatty acids, the green genie to design smart soft materials. J AM OIL CHEM SOC 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/aocs.12615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Anne‐Laure Fameau
- Université Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMET INRAe Villeneuve d'Ascq France
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Liao YF, Zhou MH, Zhang Y, Peng YY, Jian JX, Lu F, Tong QX. Facile synthesis and marked pH-responsive behavior of novel foaming agents based on amide- and ester-linked morpholine fluorosurfactants. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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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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Kanduč M, Schneck E, Stubenrauch C. Intersurfactant H-bonds between head groups of n-dodecyl-β-d-maltoside at the air-water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 586:588-595. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.10.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Crivello C, Lazzara G, Chiappisi L. On the effect of the nature of counterions on the self-assembly of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether carboxylic acids. SOFT MATTER 2020; 16:7137-7143. [PMID: 32662480 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm00986e] [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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In this contribution, we investigate the effect of the type of counterion on the properties of dilute solutions of polyoxyethylene alkyl ether carboxylic acids. Two different surfactants, presenting an oleic acid alkyl chain and on-average five and nine ethylene oxide units, and terminated by a weakly anionic carboxymethyl group were studied. The surfactants were gradually ionized with sodium hydroxide, arginine, and choline hydroxide. The solutions properties were probed by light scattering, electrophoretic mobility, density and sound velocity measurements, as well as by small-angle neutron scattering. To our initial surprise, no specific effect arising from the nature of the counterion could be determined. We ascribe this phenomenon to the fact that the presence of the ethylene oxide units markedly dilutes the surfactant head group charge density, reducing counterion condensation and subsequent counterion specific effects.
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- Chiara Crivello
- Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France. and Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze pad 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze pad 17, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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- Institut Max von Laue - Paul Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France.
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Li X, Murray BS, Yang Y, Sarkar A. Egg white protein microgels as aqueous Pickering foam stabilizers: Bubble stability and interfacial properties. Food Hydrocoll 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2019.105292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Weißenborn E, Braunschweig B. Hydroxypropyl cellulose as a green polymer for thermo-responsive aqueous foams. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:2876-2883. [PMID: 30843017 PMCID: PMC6438354 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm00093c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/06/2019] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) is a surface active polymer that can change its solubility as a function of temperature. This makes HPC interesting for responsive foams, where macroscopic properties need to be reversibly changed on demand. Analysis of aqueous HPC foams as a function of temperature showed a moderate decrease in foam half-life time from 9000 to 4000 s, when the temperature was increased. However, within a narrow temperature range of ±2 °C a dramatic decrease in half-life time to <120 s was observed at 43 °C in the absence and at 31 °C in the presence of 0.7 M NaCl. These drastic changes are highly reversible and are associated to the lower critical solution temperatures (LCST) of HPC in aqueous solutions. In fact, dynamic light scattering experiments indicate that HPC molecules form aggregates at temperatures >31 °C (0.7 M NaCl) and >43 °C (0 M NaCl), which shrink in size when the temperature is increased further. From these results, we conclude that the LCST of 1 MDa HPC is at 43 °C when no salt is present and is at 31 °C in aqueous solutions with 0.7 M NaCl. In addition, shear rheology of bulk solutions and surface tensiometry indicate that the solution's viscosity and the surface pressure dramatically change at the respective LCSTs. Obviously, the solvent's viscosity triggers substantial changes in foam drainage at the LCST, which is shown to be the main driving force for the temperature responsiveness of HPC foams.
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- Eric Weißenborn
- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Center for Soft Nanoscience, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Center for Soft Nanoscience, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstraße 28/30, 48149 Münster, Germany.
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