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Chen Y, Petkov JT, Ma K, Li P, R P Webster J, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Allgaier J, Dalgliesh R, Smith G. Manipulating the hydrophilic / hydrophobic balance in novel cationic surfactants by ethoxylation: The impact on adsorption and self-assembly. J Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 674:405-415. [PMID: 38941934 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2024.06.174] [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: 04/16/2024] [Revised: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/23/2024] [Indexed: 06/30/2024]
Abstract
HYPOTHESIS Cationic surfactants have a wide range of applications, often associated with their affinity for a range of solid surfaces and their anti-microbial properties. Manipulating their adsorption and self-assembly properties is key to most applications, and this is commonly achieved through surfactant mixtures or manipulating their headgroup or alkyl chain structure. Achieving this through adjustments to their headgroup structure is less common in cationic surfactants than in anionic surfactants. Ethoxylation provides the ability to adjust the hydrophilic / hydrophobic balance, as extensively demonstrated in a range of anionic surfactants. EXPERIMENTS This same approach has been applied here to a range of ethoxylated cationic surfactants in the form of the quaternary ammonium salts, and their tertiary nonionic equivalents before quaternisation. Their adsorption and self-assembly properties are investigated using predominantly the neutron scattering techniques of neutron reflectivity, NR, and small angle neutron scattering, SANS. FINDINGS The trends in the adsorption at the air-water interface and the self-assembly in aqueous solution demonstrate how the hydrophilic / hydrophobic balance can be adjusted by varying the degree of ethoxylation and the alkyl chain length, and illustrate the degree of interdependence of the different structural changes. The variation in the adsorption and the micelle structure shows how the surfactant conformation / packing changes as the degree of ethoxylation and alkyl chain length increases and how the introduction of charge induces further changes.
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- Y Chen
- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK
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- Arxada, Muenchensteinerstrasse 38, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK.
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK; Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OXON, UK.
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, OXON, UK
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- Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS-1) and Institute for Biological Information Processing (IBI-8), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52428 Jülich, Germany
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK
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- ISIS Facility, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OXON, UK
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Poirier A, Le Griel P, Bizien T, Zinn T, Pernot P, Baccile N. Shear recovery and temperature stability of Ca 2+ and Ag + glycolipid fibrillar metallogels with unusual β-sheet-like domains. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:366-377. [PMID: 36508178 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00374k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Low-molecular weight gelators (LMWGs) are small molecules (Mw < ∼1 kDa), which form self-assembled fibrillar network (SAFiN) hydrogels in water. A great majority of SAFiN gels are described by an entangled network of self-assembled fibers, in analogy to a polymer in a good solvent. Here, fibrillation of a biobased glycolipid bolaamphiphile is triggered by Ca2+ or Ag+ ions which are added to its diluted micellar phase. The resulting SAFiN, which forms a hydrogel above 0.5 wt%, has a "nano-fishnet" structure, characterized by a fibrous network of both entangled fibers and β-sheet-like rafts, generally observed for silk fibroin, actin hydrogels or mineral imogolite nanotubes, but generally not known for SAFiN. This work focuses on the strength of the SAFIN gels, their fast recovery after applying a mechanical stimulus (strain) and their unusual resistance to temperature, studied by coupling rheology to small angle X-ray scattering (rheo-SAXS) using synchrotron radiation. The Ca2+-based hydrogel maintains its properties up to 55 °C, while the Ag+-based gel shows a constant elastic modulus up to 70 °C, without the appearance of any gel-to-sol transition temperature. Furthermore, the glycolipid is obtained by fermentation from natural resources (glucose and rapeseed oil), thus showing that naturally engineered compounds can have unprecedented properties, when compared to the wide range of chemically derived amphiphiles.
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- Alexandre Poirier
- Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, F-75005 Paris, France.
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- Synchrotron Soleil, L'Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- ESRF - The European Synchrotron, CS40220, 38043 Grenoble, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, LCMCP, F-75005 Paris, France.
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Poirier A, Le Griel P, Perez J, Baccile N. Cation-Induced Fibrillation of Microbial Glycolipid Biosurfactant Probed by Ion-Resolved In Situ SAXS. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:10528-10542. [PMID: 36475558 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Biological amphiphiles are molecules with a rich phase behavior. Micellar, vesicular, and even fibrillar phases can be found for the same molecule by applying a change in pH or by selecting the appropriate metal ion. The rich phase behavior paves the way toward a broad class of soft materials, from carriers to hydrogels. The present work contributes to understanding the fibrillation of a microbial glycolipid, glucolipid G-C18:1, produced by Starmerella bombicola ΔugtB1 and characterized by a micellar phase at alkaline pH and a vesicular phase at acidic pH. Fibrillation and prompt hydrogelation is triggered by adding either alkaline earth, Ca2+, or transition metal, Ag+, Fe2+, Al3+, ions to a G-C18:1 micellar solution. A specifically designed apparatus coupled to a synchrotron SAXS beamline allows the performing of simultaneous cation- and pH-resolved in situ monitoring of the morphological evolution from spheroidal micelles to crystalline fibers, when Ca2+ is employed, or to wormlike aggregates, when Fe2+ or Al3+ solutions are employed. The fast reactivity of Ag+ and the crystallinity of Ca2+-induced fibers suggest that fibrillation is driven by direct metal-ligand interactions, while the shape transition from spheroidal to elongated micelles with Fe2+ or Al3+ rather suggest charge screening between the lipid and the hydroxylated cation species.
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- Alexandre Poirier
- Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), UMR CNRS 7574, 4 place Jussieu, ParisF-75005, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), UMR CNRS 7574, 4 place Jussieu, ParisF-75005, France
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- SWING Beamline, Synchrotron SOLEIL, L'Orme des Merisiers, 91190Saint-Aubin, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris (LCMCP), UMR CNRS 7574, 4 place Jussieu, ParisF-75005, France
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Baccile N, Poirier A, Seyrig C, Le Griel P, Perez J, Hermida-Merino D, Pernot P, Roelants SL, Soetaert W. Chameleonic Amphiphile: the Unique Multiple Self-Assembly Properties of a Natural Glycolipid in Excess of Water. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 630:404-415. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.07.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mitrinova Z, Alexandrov H, Denkov N, Tcholakova S. Effect of counter-ion on rheological properties of mixed surfactant solutions. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.128746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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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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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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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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Seebunrueng K, Phosiri P, Apitanagotinon R, Srijaranai S. A new environment-friendly supramolecular solvent-based liquid phase microextraction coupled to high performance liquid chromatography for simultaneous determination of six phenoxy acid herbicides in water and rice samples. Microchem J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2019.104418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wang Z, Li P, Ma K, Chen Y, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Roberts DW, Xu H, Petkov JT, Yan Z, Venero DA. The structure of alkyl ester sulfonate surfactant micelles: The impact of different valence electrolytes and surfactant structure on micelle growth. J Colloid Interface Sci 2019; 557:124-134. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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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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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,
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Xue R, Feng L, Wei S, Dong X, Wang Q, Yang Y, Liao Y, Wang H. Al 3+ enhanced room temperature phosphorescence of Pd-porphyrin resided in hybrid supramolecular gels and used for detection of trace Hg 2+ ions. Talanta 2018; 194:183-188. [PMID: 30609520 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 10/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Micelle-hybridized supramolecular hydrogels were constructed through the self-assembly of gelator N,N-dibenzoyl-L-cystine (DBC) and micelles formed from a Gemini surfactant (G12-8-12). A phosphor, palladium meso-tetra (4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (Pd-TCPP) and Al3+ ions were loaded within the hybrid system. Interestingly, the room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) of Pd-TCPP can be efficiently enhanced and modulated by the concentration of Al3+ ions. The enhancement effect could be attributed to the interactions between Al3+ and DBC as well as porphyrin, which verified by 1H NMR analysis. The study of transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy indicated that a more compact 3D network structure of the gel system was formed upon the addition of Al3+. In addition, measurement of critical micelle concentration indicated that Al3+ ions increase the surface activity of G12-8-12 to promote micelle formation, thereby increasing the dispersion of Pd-TCPP in the hybrid gels. Based on the synergistic effect of these results, the non-radiative transition of Pd-TCPP was efficiently inhibited, resulting in highly efficient RTP. Furthermore, the enhanced RTP of as-prepared gel system shows potential application to detect trace Hg2+ ions because the RTP can be quenched by Hg2+. A linear relationship between RTP against the logarithmic concentration of Hg2+ was found over the range of 6 × 10-8 and 1 × 10-6 mol/L. The detection limit was found to be 0.017 nmol/L.
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- Ruru Xue
- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Rare Mineral Exploration and Utilization, Ministry of Land and Resources, Geological Experimental Testing Center of Hubei Province, Wuhan 430034, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Materials Chemistry for Energy Conversion and Storage of the Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, 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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Chen Z, Penfold J, Li P, Doutch J, Fan Y, Wang Y. Effects of length and hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of diamines on self-assembly of diamine/SDS gemini-like surfactants. SOFT MATTER 2017; 13:8980-8989. [PMID: 29160329 DOI: 10.1039/c7sm02058a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This work studied gemini-like surfactants formed from anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cationic charged bola-type diamines with hydrophilic or hydrophobic spacers of different lengths using surface tension, small angle neutron scattering, isothermal titration microcalorimetry and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy. The critical micelle concentrations (CMC) and the surface tension at CMC (γCMC) for all the diamine/SDS mixtures are markedly lower than that of SDS. The shorter diamines reduce γCMC to a greater extent regardless of the hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of the diamines. Meanwhile, either the hydrophobic diamine with a longer spacer or the hydrophilic diamine with a shorter spacer is more beneficial to decrease CMC and leads to the transition from spherical micelles into rodlike or wormlike micelles. This is principally because of the formation of gemini-like surfactants by the electrostatic binding between SDS and the diamines, where the electrostatic repulsion between the adjacent headgroups of SDS becomes much weaker due to the electrostatic binding of oppositely charged diamine with SDS, and the longer hydrophobic spacer may also bend into the hydrophobic domain of micelles to promote micellar growth. However, the hydrophilic spacers are more compatible with the headgroup region, leading to micelles with a larger curvature. This work contributes to the understanding of the relationship between the properties of constructed gemini-like surfactants and the natures of connecting molecules, and provides guidance to efficiently improve the performance of surfactants.
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- Zhidi Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface and Chemical Thermodynamics, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China.
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Yue X, Fan X, Li Q, Chen X, Wang C. Aggregation behaviors of alkyl ether carboxylate surfactants in water. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Self-assembly in dilute mixtures of non-ionic and anionic surfactants and rhamnolipd biosurfactants. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 487:493-503. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.10.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Liu Z, Cao M, Chen Y, Fan Y, Wang D, Xu H, Wang Y. Interactions of Divalent and Trivalent Metal Counterions with Anionic Sulfonate Gemini Surfactant and Induced Aggregate Transitions in Aqueous Solution. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:4102-13. [PMID: 27096262 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b02897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Interactions of multivalent metal counterions with anionic sulfonate gemini surfactant 1,3-bis(N-dodecyl-N-propanesulfonate sodium)-propane (C12C3C12(SO3)2) and the induced aggregate transitions in aqueous solution have been studied. Divalent metal ions Ca(2+), Mg(2+), Cu(2+), Zn(2+), Mn(2+), Co(2+), and Ni(2+) and trivalent metal ions Al(3+), Fe(3+), and Cr(3+) were chosen. The results indicate that the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of C12C3C12(SO3)2 is greatly reduced by the ions, and the aggregate morphologies of C12C3C12(SO3)2 are adjusted by changing the nature and molar ratio of the metal ions. These metal ions can be classified into four groups because the ions in each group have very similar interaction mechanisms with C12C3C12(SO3)2: (I) Cu(2+) and Zn(2+); (II) Ca(2+), Mn(2+) and Mg(2+); (III) Ni(2+) and Co(2+); and (IV) Cr(3+), Al(3+) and Fe(3+). Cu(2+), Mg(2+), Ni(2+), and Al(3+) then were selected as representatives for each group to further study their interaction with C12C3C12(SO3)2. C12C3C12(SO3)2 interacts with the multivalent metal ions by electrostatic interaction and coordination interaction. C12C3C12(SO3)2 forms prolate micelles and plate-like micelles with Cu(2+), vesicles and wormlike micelles with Al(3+) or Ni(2+), and viscous three-dimensional network structure with Mg(2+). Moreover, precipitation does not take place in aqueous solution even at a high ion/surfactant ratio. The related mechanisms have been discussed. The present work provides guidance on how to apply the anionic surfactant into the solutions containing the multivalent metal ions, and those aggregates may have potential usage in separating heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions.
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- Zhang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China) , 66 Changjiang West Road, Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Thomas RK, Penfold J. Multilayering of Surfactant Systems at the Air-Dilute Aqueous Solution Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:7440-7456. [PMID: 25684058 DOI: 10.1021/la504952k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In the last 15 years there have been a number of observations of surfactants adsorbed at the air-water interface with structures more complicated than the expected single monolayer. These observations, mostly made by neutron or X-ray reflectivity, show structures varying from the usual monolayer to monolayer plus one or two additional bilayers to multilayer adsorption at the surface. These observations have been assembled in this article with a view to finding some common features between the very different systems and to relating them to aspects of the bulk solution phase behavior. It is argued that multilayering is primarily associated with wetting or prewetting of the air-water interface by phases in the bulk system, whose structures depend on an overall attractive force between the constituent units. Two such phases, whose formation is assumed to be partially driven by strong specific ion binding, are a concentrated lamellar phase that forms at low concentrations and a swollen lamellar phase that is not space-filling. Multilayering phenomena at the air-water interface then offer a delicate and easy means of studying the finer details of the incompletely understood attraction that leads to these two phases, as well as an interesting new means of self-assembling surface structures. In addition, multilayering is often associated with unusual wetting characteristics. Examples of systems discussed, and in some cases their bulk phase behavior, include surfactants with multivalent metal counterions, surfactants with oligomers and polymers, surfactant with hydrophobin, dichain surfactants, lung surfactant, and the unusual system of ethanolamine and stearic acid. Two situations where the air-water surface is deliberately held out of equilibrium are also assessed for features in common with the steady-state/equilibrium observations.
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- Robert K Thomas
- †Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
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- †Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, United Kingdom
- ‡STFC, Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA, United Kingdom
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Xu H, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Petkov JT, Tucker I, Webster JRP, Grillo I, Terry A. Ion specific effects in trivalent counterion induced surface and solution self-assembly of the anionic surfactant sodium polyethylene glycol monododecyl ether sulfate. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:4694-4702. [PMID: 24738889 DOI: 10.1021/la500937g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The effect of different trivalent counterions, Al(3+), Cr(3+), Sc(3+), Gd(3+), and La(3+), on the surface adsorption and Al(3+), Cr(3+), and Sc(3+) for solution self-assembly of the anionic surfactant sodium polyethylene glycol monododecyl ether sulfate has been studied by neutron reflectivity and small angle neutron scattering. The strong binding and complexation between the trivalent counterions and the anionic surfactant result in significant micellar growth and the formation of surface multilayer structures at the air-water interface at relatively low counterion concentrations. Broadly similar surface and solution behaviors are observed for the different trivalent counterions. The evolution in the surface and solution structures in detail depends upon the nature of the counterion, its hydrated radius and its strength of binding. Exceptionally the addition of Cr(3+) counterions have a less pronounced effect. This is attributed to a greater reluctance for exchange within the primary hydration shell for Cr(3+) ions, which results in a shielding of the electrostatic interactions and a reduced surfactant-counterion binding.
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- Hui Xu
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RF, United Kingdom
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