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The self-assembly and microscopic interfacial properties of a supercritical CO2 microemulsion having hydrotropes: Atom-level observation from molecular dynamics simulation. J CO2 UTIL 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2020.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wang M, Fang T, Zhong H, Li J, Yan Y, Zhang J. Optimal aggregation number of reverse micelles in supercritical carbon dioxide: a theoretical perspective. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:3323-3329. [PMID: 30924475 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm02299b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aggregation number is one of the most fundamental and important structural parameters for the micelle or reverse micelle (RM) system. In this work, a simple, reliable method for the determination of the aggregation number of RMs in supercritical CO2 (scCO2) was presented through a molecular dynamics simulation. The process of pulling surfactants out of the RMs one by one was performed to calculate the aggregation number. The free energies of RMs with different numbers of surfactants were calculated through this process. We found an RM with the lowest free energy, which was considered to have the optimal number of surfactants. Therefore, the optimal aggregation number of RMs was acquired. In order to explain the existence of an optimal aggregation number, detailed analyses of surfactant accumulation were conducted by combining molecular dynamics with quantum chemistry methods. The results indicated that in the RMs with the lowest free energy, the head-group and tail-terminal of the surfactants accumulated on an equipotential surface. In this case, the surfactant film could effectively separate water and CO2; thus, the lowest free energy was expected. This method determined the aggregation number of RMs by theoretical calculations that did not depend on experimental measurements. This presented approach facilitates the evaluation of the characteristics of RMs in scCO2 and can be further applied in the RM system of organic solvents or even in the micellar system.
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- Muhan Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, China University of Petroleum, 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China.
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Wang M, Wang J, Fang T, Yan Y, Wang Z, Zhang J. Shape transition of water-in-CO2 reverse micelles controlled by the surfactant midpiece. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 20:15535-15542. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cp01844h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Designing CO2-philic surfactants for generating wormlike reverse micelles (RMs) is an effective approach to enhance the viscosity of supercritical CO2 (scCO2), however this remains challenging.
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- Muhan Wang
- College of Science, China University of Petroleum
- 266580 Qingdao
- China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum
- 266580 Qingdao
- China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum
- 266580 Qingdao
- China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum
- 266580 Qingdao
- China
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- School of Petroleum Engineering
- China University of Petroleum
- 266580 Qingdao
- China
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- College of Science, China University of Petroleum
- 266580 Qingdao
- China
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Wang M, Fang T, Wang P, Yan Y, Zhang J, Liu B, Sun X. Molecular-Scale Design of Hydrocarbon Surfactant Self-Assembly in Supercritical CO 2. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:5291-5297. [PMID: 28485950 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Forming wormlike reverse micelles (RMs) by hydrocarbon surfactant self-assembly is an economic and environmental strategy to improve the physicochemical properties of supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2), but it remains challenging. Introducing cosurfactant in hydrocarbon surfactant self-assembly system is a potential method to generate wormlike RMs. Here, adopting molecular dynamics simulations, we performed hydrocarbon surfactant (TC14) self-assembly with introducing cosurfactants (C8Benz). It is found that adding the C8Benz molecules will induce the spherical RMs to a short rodlike form. In this case, the microstructure of the short rodlike RMs shows a dumbbell-like form that is composed by three parts including a middle part of C8Benz and two parts of TC14 aggregation at both ends of rodlike RMs, which is regarded as the origin of RMs shape transition. Further, the analysis of free energy for RMs fusion indicates that the high fusion ability of C8Benz aggregation drives the formation of the dumbbell-like RMs. Accordingly, enhancing the affinity of the C8Benz is found to be effective strategy to further fusion of rodlike RMs in end-to-end manner, yielding a wormlike RMs with a beads-on-a-string structure. It is expected that this work will provide a valuable information for design the hydrocarbon wormlike RMs and facilitate the potential application of scCO2.
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- Muhan Wang
- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- College of Science and ‡Key Laboratory of New Energy Physics & Materials Science in Universities of Shandong, China University of Petroleum , 266580 Qingdao, Shandong, China
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Peach J, Czajka A, Hazell G, Hill C, Mohamed A, Pegg JC, Rogers SE, Eastoe J. Tuning Micellar Structures in Supercritical CO 2 Using Surfactant and Amphiphile Mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:2655-2663. [PMID: 28215094 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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For equivalent micellar volume fraction (ϕ), systems containing anisotropic micelles are generally more viscous than those comprising spherical micelles. Many surfactants used in water-in-CO2 (w/c) microemulsions are fluorinated analogues of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (AOT): here it is proposed that mixtures of CO2-philic surfactants with hydrotropes and cosurfactants may generate elongated micelles in w/c systems at high-pressures (e.g., 100-400 bar). A range of novel w/c microemulsions, stabilized by new custom-synthesized CO2-phillic, partially fluorinated surfactants, were formulated with hydrotropes and cosurfactant. The effects of water content (w = [water]/[surfactant]), surfactant structure, and hydrotrope tail length were all investigated. Dispersed water domains were probed using high pressure small-angle neutron scattering (HP-SANS), which provided evidence for elongated reversed micelles in supercritical CO2. These new micelles have significantly lower fluorination levels than previously reported (6-29 wt % cf. 14-52 wt %), and furthermore, they support higher water dispersion levels than other related systems (w = 15 cf. w = 5). The intrinsic viscosities of these w/c microemulsions were estimated based on micelle aspect ratio; from this value a relative viscosity value can be estimated through combination with the micellar volume fraction (ϕ). Combining these new results with those for all other reported systems, it has been possible to "map" predicted viscosity increases in CO2 arising from elongated reversed micelles, as a function of surfactant fluorination and micellar aspect ratio.
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- Jocelyn Peach
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of Chemistry, University Pendidikan Sultan Idris , Tanjong Malim 35900, Perak, Malaysia
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Spallation Source, Chilton, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QT, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol , Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom
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Sethi V, Mishra J, Bhattacharyya A, Sen D, Ganguli AK. Hydrotrope induced structural modifications in CTAB/butanol/water/isooctane reverse micellar systems. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:22033-22048. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03191b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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SAXS and NMR studies to gain insight of structural alterations in reverse micellar nanotemplates in presence of hydrotropes.
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- Vaishali Sethi
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- New Delhi-110016
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- New Delhi-110016
- India
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- Surface Physics and Material Science Division
- Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
- Kolkata-700064
- India
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- Solid State Physics Division
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Mumbai-400085
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- New Delhi-110016
- India
- Institute of Nano Science & Technology
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Liu B, Tang X, Fang W, Li X, Zhang J, Zhang Z, Shen Y, Yan Y, Sun X, He J. Molecular dynamics study of di-CF4 based reverse micelles in supercritical CO 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:29156-29163. [PMID: 27730238 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp04253h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Reverse micelles (RMs) in supercritical CO2 (scCO2) are promising alternatives for organic solvents, especially when both polar and non-polar components are involved. Fluorinated surfactants, particularly double-chain fluorocarbon surfactants, are able to form well-structured RMs in scCO2. The inherent self-assembly mechanisms of surfactants in scCO2 are still subject to discussion. In this study, molecular dynamics simulations are performed to investigate the self-aggregation behavior of di-CF4 based RMs in scCO2, and stable and spherical RMs are formed. The dynamics process and the self-assembly structure in the RMs reveal a three-step mechanism to form the RMs, that is, small RMs, rod-like RMs and fusion of the rod-like RMs. Hydrogen-bonds between headgroups and water molecules, and salt bridges linking Na+ ions, headgroups and water molecules enhance the interfacial packing efficiency of the surfactant. The results show that di-CF4 molecules have a high surfactant coverage at the RM interface, implying a high CO2-philicity. This mainly results from bending of the short chain (C-COO-CH2-(CF2)3-CF3) due to the flexible carboxyl group. The microscopic insight provided in this study is helpful in understanding surfactant self-assembly phenomena and designing new CO2-philic surfactants.
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- Bing Liu
- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China. and NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- School of Science, China University of Petroleum, Qingdao 266580, Shandong, China.
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- NTNU Nanomechanical Lab, Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 7491, Norway.
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Luo T, Zhang J, Tan X, Liu C, Wu T, Li W, Sang X, Han B, Li Z, Mo G, Xing X, Wu Z. Water-in-Supercritical CO2
Microemulsion Stabilized by a Metal Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201608695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Tian Luo
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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Luo T, Zhang J, Tan X, Liu C, Wu T, Li W, Sang X, Han B, Li Z, Mo G, Xing X, Wu Z. Water-in-Supercritical CO2
Microemulsion Stabilized by a Metal Complex. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:13533-13537. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201608695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Tian Luo
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences; CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics; Institute of Chemistry; Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Department of Chemistry; Capital Normal University; Institute of High Energy Physics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; China
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Properties of surfactant films in water-in-CO2 microemulsions obtained by small-angle neutron scattering. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 435:112-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Revised: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Zhang J, Peng L, Han B. Amphiphile self-assemblies in supercritical CO2 and ionic liquids. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:5861-5868. [PMID: 25000970 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm00890a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Supercritical (sc) CO2 and ionic liquids (ILs) are very attractive green solvents with tunable properties. Using scCO2 and ILs as alternatives of conventional solvents (water and oil) for forming amphiphile self-assemblies has many advantages. For example, the properties and structures of the amphiphile self-assemblies in these solvents can be easily modulated by tuning the properties of solvents; scCO2 has excellent solvation power and mass-transfer characteristics; ILs can dissolve both organic and inorganic substances and their properties are designable to satisfy the requirements of various applications. Therefore, the amphiphile self-assemblies in scCO2 and ILs have attracted considerable attention in recent years. This review describes the advances of using scCO2 or/and ILs as amphiphile self-assembly media in the last decade. The amphiphile self-assemblies in scCO2 and ILs are first reviewed, followed by the discussion on combination of scCO2 and ILs in creating microemulsions or emulsions. Some future directions on the amphiphile self-assemblies in scCO2 and ILs are highlighted.
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- Jianling Zhang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, CAS Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface and Thermodynamics, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
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Peach J, Eastoe J. Supercritical carbon dioxide: a solvent like no other. Beilstein J Org Chem 2014; 10:1878-95. [PMID: 25246947 PMCID: PMC4168859 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.10.196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) could be one aspect of a significant and necessary movement towards green chemistry, being a potential replacement for volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Unfortunately, carbon dioxide has a notoriously poor solubilising power and is famously difficult to handle. This review examines attempts and breakthroughs in enhancing the physicochemical properties of carbon dioxide, focusing primarily on factors that impact solubility of polar and ionic species and attempts to enhance scCO2 viscosity.
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- Jocelyn Peach
- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, U.K
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- School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, U.K
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