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Dalal S, Sadhu KK. Fluorogenic response from DNA templated micrometer range self-assembled gold nanorod. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:9019-9026. [PMID: 37721049 DOI: 10.1039/d3tb01446k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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Plasmonic gold nanorod (AuNR) on a macromolecular matrix exhibits an end-to-end (ETE) long-range self-assembly (AuNR)n with n > 100. In the case of small molecules as a template, the pre-synthesized macromolecular matrix is missing and this brings a synthetic challenge in directed long-range assembly of AuNR. Self-assembly with thiol-modified small DNA and AuNR shows a much short-range ETE assembly with n < 25 via a simple evaporation technique on a solid surface. In this study, the introduction of two short amine modified probe DNAs (∼2.5 nm) and one 22-mer complementary single strand (ss)-DNA template (∼7 nm) show the long-range ETE self-assembly of (AuNR)n with n > 130. In the solution state, the zigzag arrangement within the assembled structure controls the typical change in the absorption behavior for (AuNR)n ETE assembly. The formation of this long-range ETE self-assembly in a solution state was verified from the combined effect of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and hotspot-induced fluorescence enhancement. The probe DNAs and templated DNA concentration on fluorescence enhancement have been varied to monitor the effect of (AuNR)n with n = ∼5-130 in ETE self-assembly. Primarily quenched FRET acceptor in the presence of AuNR decisively exhibits remarkable fluorogenic response in ETE self-assembly with maximum n value. Although the FRET efficiencies among the fluorophores are comparable, the fluorogenic boost in ETE AuNR is due to the increased number of intrinsic navigated hotspots in these assemblies.
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- Sancharika Dalal
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee-247 667, Uttarakhand, India.
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Park SJ, Lee MS, Kilic ME, Ryu J, Park H, Park YI, Kim H, Lee KR, Lee JH. Autonomous Interfacial Assembly of Polymer Nanofilms via Surfactant-Regulated Marangoni Instability. NANO LETTERS 2023. [PMID: 37256774 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Interfacial polymerization (IP) provides a versatile platform for fabricating defect-free functional nanofilms for various applications, including molecular separation, energy, electronics, and biomedical materials. Unfortunately, coupled with complex natural instability phenomena, the IP mechanism and key parameters underlying the structural evolution of nanofilms, especially in the presence of surfactants as an interface regulator, remain puzzling. Here, we interfacially assembled polymer nanofilm membranes at the free water-oil interface in the presence of differently charged surfactants and comprehensively characterized their structure and properties. Combined with computational simulations, an in situ visualization of interfacial film formation discovered the critical role of Marangoni instability induced by the surfactants via various mechanisms in structurally regulating the nanofilms. Despite their different instability-triggering mechanisms, the delicate control of the surfactants enabled the fabrication of defect-free, ultra-permselective nanofilm membranes. Our study identifies critical IP parameters that allow us to rationally design nanofilms, coatings, and membranes for target applications.
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- Sung-Joon Park
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 66 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Green Carbon Research Center, Chemical and Process Technology Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Green Carbon Research Center, Chemical and Process Technology Division, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, 141 Gajeong-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34114, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Computational Science Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, 66 Hoegi-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
- On leave at the Department of Chemistry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 75105, Sweden
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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Rajalakshmi Seetharaman G, Sangwai J. Insights into the interaction between lowsal-alkali formulation: Debunking the effect of alkali and lowsal-alkali formulation on the wettability alteration of the quartz substrate. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.121062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Stemplinger S, Causse J, Prévost S, Pellet-Rostaing S, Zemb T, Horinek D. Short-chain branched sulfosuccinate as a missing link between surfactants and hydrotropes. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:11353-11361. [PMID: 35485971 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp04849j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Surfactants aggregate in water into micelles, and these micelles incorporate organic substances to solubilize them. Hydrotropes are compounds that increase the solubility of hydrophobic substances in water without this form of aggregation. Decreasing the chain length of the classical surfactant Aerosol OT (AOT) from C8 to C5 results in a molecule with intermediate properties. Molecular dynamics simulations and surface tension measurements are performed on this short chain derivative of AOT. This compound shows high solubility and at the same time progressive weak aggregation. The hydration of head groups hinders significant plunging into a hydrophobic core, which leads to well defined liquid chain nanodomains. The transition to bicontinuous aggregates is in the concentration range of 1 mol L-1. The sulfonate group of the head groups (placed at the water interface of worm-like aggregates) rather than the aggregate-aggregate interaction is responsible for the unusual small angle X-ray scattering pattern.
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- Simon Stemplinger
- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, ENSCM, Marcoule, France.,Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, ENSCM, Marcoule, France
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- ICSM, CEA, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, ENSCM, Marcoule, France
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- Institut für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
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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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Ali H, Khan A, Ahmad T, Dervisi A, Fallis I, Shoetan IO, Khan A, Hussain A, Griffiths P. Interfacial activity and micellar morphology of an imidazolium ring containing zwitterionic surfactants. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Hazrat Ali
- Department of Chemistry University of Mianwali Mianwali Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry University of Mianwali Mianwali Pakistan
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- School of Chemistry Cardiff University Cardiff UK
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- Department of Chemistry Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Mardan Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry University of Science and Technology Bannu Bannu Pakistan
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science University of Greenwich Kent UK
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Tran E, Carpenter AP, Richmond GL. Probing the Molecular Structure of Coadsorbed Polyethylenimine and Charged Surfactants at the Nanoemulsion Droplet Surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:9081-9089. [PMID: 32668900 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nanoemulsions, nanoscale oil droplets dispersed in an aqueous medium, can be stabilized by polymer-surfactant (PS) mixtures, making them ubiquitous in commercial, industrial, and pharmaceutical applications. It is well-known that the presence of PS layers coadsorbed at the droplet surface plays a significant role in droplet stability and functionality; however, little is understood about the molecular nature of this coadsorption. Such insights are especially important for application in drug delivery where physiological conditions can vary the environmental pH and significantly impact stabilization. Hence, the focus of this study examines the surface properties of ∼300 nm nanoemulsions stabilized by the coadsorption of polyethylenimine (PEI) and charged alkyl surfactants sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). PEI is a common charge-tunable polymer used in nanocarrier templates. This study employs vibrational sum frequency scattering spectroscopy, coupled with ζ-potential and surface pressure measurements performed as a function of varying concentrations and pH. The surface specific spectroscopic results reported herein reveal that PEI adsorption and molecular ordering is influenced by both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions. While the degree of PEI adsorption is stronger in the presence of anionic SDS than cationic DTAB, for both surfactants, PEI is molecularly disordered in acidic conditions and adopts a persistent net ordering as the solution pH becomes more basic. Both surfactants also display degrees of interfacial conformational ordering that is altered by the presence of the coadsorbed polymer. These results demonstrate the molecular-level diversity in PEI behavior at the droplet interface and provide insight into how such behavior can be controlled to yield nanocarrier technology with specific functions and enhanced efficacy.
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- Emma Tran
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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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,
Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RA, U.K
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Braun L, Uhlig M, von Klitzing R, Campbell RA. Polymers and surfactants at fluid interfaces studied with specular neutron reflectometry. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 247:130-148. [PMID: 28822539 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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This review addresses the advances made with specular neutron reflectometry in studies of aqueous mixtures of polymers and surfactants at fluid interfaces during the last decade (or so). The increase in neutron flux due to improvements in instrumentation has led to routine measurements at the air/water interface that are faster and involve samples with lower isotopic contrast than in previous experiments. One can now resolve the surface excess of a single deuterated component on the second time scale and the composition of a mixture on the minute time scale, and information about adsorption processes and dynamic rheology can also be accessed. Research areas addressed include the types of formed equilibrium surface structures, the link to foam film stability and the range of non-equilibrium effects that dominate the behavior of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, macroscopic film formation in like-charged polymer/surfactant mixtures, and the properties of mixtures of bio-polymers with surfactants and lipids.
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Lazarescu V, Enache M, Anastasescu M, Dobrescu G, Negrila C, Lazarescu MF. Combined Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, and Atomic Force Microscopy study of the distinct behavior of L-cysteine-thiolate formed at p- and n-GaAs(100) electrodes in Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate solution. Electrochim Acta 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Anionic surfactant – Biogenic amine interactions: The role of surfactant headgroup geometry. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 466:213-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Penfold J, Thomas RK, Li P. Impact of biogenic amine molecular weight and structure on surfactant adsorption at the air–water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 463:199-206. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.10.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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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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Penfold J, Thomas R, Li P. Biogenic amine – Surfactant interactions at the air–water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 449:167-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Yanez Arteta M, Campbell RA, Watkins EB, Obiols-Rabasa M, Schillén K, Nylander T. Interactions of Small Dendrimers with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate at the Air–Water Interface. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:11835-48. [DOI: 10.1021/jp507230m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Marianna Yanez Arteta
- Division
of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue
des Martyrs - CS 20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Lujan
Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, United States
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- Division
of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Division
of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Batchelor SN, Tucker I, Petkov JT, Penfold J, Thomas RK. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-ethoxylated polyethylenimine adsorption at the air-water interface: how the nature of ethoxylation affects the pattern of adsorption. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:9761-9769. [PMID: 25079978 DOI: 10.1021/la502848a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The strong interaction between ionic surfactants and polyelectrolytes of opposite charge results in enhanced surface adsorption at the air-water interface down to low surfactant concentrations and in some cases in the formation of ordered surface structures. A notable example which exhibits such properties is the mixture of polyethylenimine, PEI, and sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS. However, the electrostatic interaction, around charge neutralization, between the surfactant and polymer often results in precipitation or coacervation. This can be mitigated for PEI-surfactant mixtures by ethoxylation of the PEI, but this can also result in a weaker surface interaction and a significant reduction in the adsorption. It is shown here that by localizing the ethoxylation of the PEI into discrete regions of the polymer precipitation upon the addition of SDS is suppressed, the strong surface interaction and enhanced adsorption of the polymer-surfactant mixture is retained. The adsorption of SDS in the presence of ethoxylated PEI is greatly enhanced at low SDS concentrations compared to the adsorption for pure SDS. The adsorption is equally pronounced at pH 7 and 10 and is largely independent of the degree of ethoxylation. Surface ordering, more than monolayer adsorption, is observed over a relatively narrow range of SDS concentrations and is most pronounced at pH 10 and for the polymers with the lower degree of ethoxylation. The results show that ethoxylated PEI's reported here provide a suitable route to enhanced surfactant adsorption while retaining favorable solution properties in which precipitation effects are minimized.
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- Stephen N Batchelor
- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory, Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral CH62 4ZD, UK
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Halacheva SS, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Webster JRP. Solution pH and oligoamine molecular weight dependence of the transition from monolayer to multilayer adsorption at the air-water interface from sodium dodecyl sulfate/oligoamine mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:5832-5840. [PMID: 23641792 DOI: 10.1021/la400929z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Neutron reflectivity and surface tension have been used to investigate the solution pH and oligoamine molecular weight dependence of the adsorption of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/oligoamine mixtures at the air-water interface. For diethylenetriamine, triamine, or triethylenetetramine, tetramine mixed with SDS, there is monolayer adsorption at pH 7 and 10, and multilayer adsorption at pH 3. For the slightly higher molecular weight tetraethylenepentamine, pentamine, and pentaethylenehexamine, hexamine, the adsorption is in the form of a monolayer at pH 3 and multilayers at pH 7 and 10. Hence, there is a pH driven transition from monolayer to multilayer adsorption, which shifts from low pH to higher pH as the oligoamine molecular weight increases from tetramine to pentamine. This results from the relative balance between the electrostatic attraction between the SDS and amine nitrogen group which decreases as the charge density decreases with increasing pH, the ion-dipole interaction between the amine nitrogen and SDS sulfate group which is dominant at higher pH, and the hydrophobic interalkyl chain interaction between bound SDS molecules which changes with oligoamine molecular weight.
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- S S Halacheva
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Halacheva SS, Penfold J, Thomas RK. Adsorption of the linear poly(ethyleneimine) precursor poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) and sodium dodecyl sulfate mixtures at the air-water interface: the impact of modification of the poly(ethyleneimine) functionality. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:17331-17338. [PMID: 23174004 DOI: 10.1021/la303926c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The adsorption of the polymer-surfactant mixture of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-sodium dodecyl sulfate at the air-water interface has been studied by neutron reflectivity and surface tension. The observed patterns of adsorption more closely resemble those encountered in weakly interacting polymer-surfactant mixtures, rather than the pronounced enhancements in adsorption observed in strongly interacting polymer-surfactant mixtures, such as in the related poly(ethyleneimine)-sodium dodecyl sulfate mixtures. The adsorption was found to be strongly dependent on solution pH, polymer molecular weight, and polymer concentration. At the lower and higher molecular weights studied, there was little enhancement in the sodium dodecyl sulfate adsorption at low sodium dodecyl sulfate concentrations, whereas at the intermediate polymer molecular weights, some enhancement in the adsorption was observed. For the higher-molecular-weight polymers and at increasingly higher polymer concentrations, a significant reduction of the surfactant at the interface compared to pure sodium dodecyl sulfate occurred for sodium dodecyl sulfate concentrations between the critical aggregation concentration and the critical micellar concentration. The results illustrate the important role of modifying the functionality of poly(ethyleneimine) on surface adsorption.
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- S S Halacheva
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Halacheva SS, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Webster JRP. Effect of polymer molecular weight and solution pH on the surface properties of sodium dodecylsulfate-poly(ethyleneimine) mixtures. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:14909-14916. [PMID: 23020669 DOI: 10.1021/la302444b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The effect of polymer molecular weight and solution pH on the surface properties of the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate, SDS, and a range of small linear poly(ethyleneimine), PEI, polyelectrolytes of different molecular weights has been studied by surface tension, ST, and neutron reflectivity, NR, at the air-solution interface. The strong SDS-PEI interaction gives rise to a complex pattern of ST behavior which depends significantly on solution pH and PEI molecular weight. The ST data correlate broadly with the more direct determination of the surface adsorption and surface structure obtained using NR. At pH 3, 7, and 10, the strong SDS-PEI interaction results in a pronounced SDS adsorption at relatively low SDS and PEI concentrations, and is largely independent of pH and PEI molecular weight (for PEI molecular weights on the order of 320, 640, and 2000 Da). At pH 7 and 10, there are combinations of SDS and PEI concentrations for which surface multilayer structures form. For the PEI molecular weights of 320 and 640 Da, these surface multilayer structures are most well-developed at pH 10 and less so at pH 7. At the molecular weight of 2000 Da, they are poorly developed at both pH 7 and 10. This evolution in the surface structure with molecular weight is consistent with previous studies, (1) where for a molecular weight of 25,000 Da no multilayer structures were observed for the linear PEI. The results show the importance with increasing polymer molecular weight of the entropic contribution due to the polymer flexibility in control of the surface multilayer formation.
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- Silvia S Halacheva
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Campbell RA, Yanez Arteta M, Angus-Smyth A, Nylander T, Varga I. Multilayers at Interfaces of an Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolyte/Surfactant System Resulting from the Transport of Bulk Aggregates under Gravity. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:7981-90. [DOI: 10.1021/jp304564x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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- Richard A. Campbell
- Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156,
38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156,
38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Road, DH1 3LE United Kingdom
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Chemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
112, P.O. Box 32, H-1518 Hungary
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Halacheva SS, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Webster JRP. Effect of architecture on the formation of surface multilayer structures at the air-solution interface from mixtures of surfactant with small poly(ethyleneimine)s. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:6336-6347. [PMID: 22433069 DOI: 10.1021/la3003977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The impact of ethyleneimine architecture on the adsorption behavior of mixtures of small poly(ethyleneimines) and oligoethyleneimines (OEIs) with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) at the air-solution interface has been studied by surface tension (ST) and neutron reflectivity (NR). The strong surface interaction between OEI and SDS gives rise to complex surface tension behavior that has a pronounced pH dependence. The NR data provide more direct access to the surface structure and show that the patterns of ST behavior are correlated with substantial OEI/SDS adsorption and the spontaneous formation of surface multilayer structures. The regions of surface multilayer formation depend upon SDS and OEI concentrations, on the solution pH, and on the OEI architecture, linear or branched. For the linear OEIs (octaethyleneimine, linear poly(ethyleneimine) or LPEI(8), and decaethyleneimine, LPEI(10)) with SDS, surface multilayer formation occurs over a range of OEI and SDS concentrations at pH 7 and to a much lesser extent at pH 10, whereas at pH 3 only monolayer adsorption occurs. In contrast, for branched OEIs BPEI(8) and BPEI(10) surface multilayer formation occurs over a wide range of OEI and SDS concentrations at pH 3 and 7, and at pH 10, the adsorption is mainly in the form of a monolayer. The results provide important insight into how the OEI architecture and pH can be used to control and manipulate the nature of the OEI/surfactant adsorption.
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- Silvia S Halacheva
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK
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Jiang LX, Huang JB, Bahramian A, Li PX, Thomas RK, Penfold J. Surface behavior, aggregation and phase separation of aqueous mixtures of dodecyl trimethylammonium bromide and sodium oligoarene sulfonates: the transition to polyelectrolyte/surfactant behavior. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:327-338. [PMID: 22098149 DOI: 10.1021/la2040938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The properties and phase diagrams of aqueous mixtures of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C(12)TAB) with the sodium oligoarene sulphonates (POSn), POS2, POS3, POS4, and POS6 have been studied using surface tension and neutron reflectometry to study the surface, and neutron small angle scattering and fluorescence to study the bulk solution. The behavior of POS2 and POS3 is reasonably consistent with mixed micelles of C(12)TAB and POSn-(C(12)TA)(n). These systems exhibit a single critical micelle concentration (CMC) at which the surface tension reaches the usual plateau. This is contrary to a recent report which suggests that the onset of the surface tension plateau does not coincide with the CMC. In the POS3 system, the micelles conform to the core-shell model, are slightly ellipsoidal, and have aggregation numbers in the range 70-100. In addition, the dissociation constant for ionization of the micelles is significantly lower than for free C(12)TAB micelles, indicating binding of the POS3 ion to the micelles. Estimation of the CMCs of the POSn-(C(12)TA)(n) from n = 1-3 assuming ideal mixing of the two component surfactants and the observed values of the mixed CMC gives values that are consistent with the nearest related gemini surfactant. The POS4 and POS6 systems are different. They both phase separate slowly to form a dilute and a concentrated (dense) phase. Fluorescence of POS4 has been used to show that the onset of aggregation of surfactant (critical aggregation concentration, CAC) occurs at the onset of the surface tension plateau and that, at the slightly higher concentration of the phase separation, the concentration of POS4 and C(12)TAB in the dilute phase is at or below its concentration at the CAC, that is, this is a clear case of complex coacervation. The surface layer of the C(12)TA ion in the surface tension plateau region, studied directly by neutron reflectometry, was found to be higher than a simple monolayer (observed for POS2 and POS3) for both the POS4 and POS6 systems. In POS6 this evolved after a few hours to a structure consisting of a monolayer with an attached subsurface bilayer, closely resembling that observed for one class of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures. It is suggested that this structured layer, which must be present on the surface of the dilute phase of the coacervated system, is a thin wetting film of the dense phase. The close resemblance of the properties of the POS6 system to that of one large group of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures shows that the surface behavior of oligoion/surfactant mixtures can quickly become representative of that of true polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures. In addition, the more precise characterization possible for the POS6 system identifies an unusual feature of the surface behavior of some polyelectrolyte/surfactant systems and that is that the surface tension can remain low and constant through a precipitation/coacervation region because of the characteristics of two phase wetting. The well-defined fixed charge distribution in POS6 also suggests that rigidity and charge separation are the factors that control whether a given system will exhibit a flat surface tension plateau or the alternative of a peak on the surface tension plateau.
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- Ling Xiang Jiang
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, PR China
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Zhang X, Taylor D, Thomas R, Penfold J, Tucker I. Modifying the adsorption properties of anionic surfactants onto hydrophilic silica using the pH dependence of the polyelectrolytes PEI, ethoxylated PEI, and polyamines. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:3569-3577. [PMID: 21366317 DOI: 10.1021/la1046723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The manipulation of the adsorption of the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, onto hydrophilic silica by the polyelectrolytes, polyethyleneimine, PEI, ethoxylated PEI, and the polyamine, pentaethylenehexamine, has been studied using neutron reflectometry. The adsorption of a thin PEI layer onto hydrophilic silica promotes a strong reversible adsorption of the SDS through surface charge reversal induced by the PEI at pH 7. At pH 2.4, a much thicker adsorbed PEI layer is partially swelled by the SDS, and the SDS adsorption is now no longer completely reversible. At pH 10, there is some penetration of SDS and solvent into a thin PEI layer, and the SDS adsorption is again not fully reversible. Ethoxylation of the PEI (PEI-EO(1) and PEI-EO(7)) results in a much weaker and fragile PEI and SDS adsorption at both pH 3 and pH 10, and both polymer and surfactant desorb at higher surfactant concentrations (>critical micellar concentration, cmc). For the polyamine, pentaethylenehexamine, adsorption of a layer of intermediate thickness is observed at pH 10, but at pH 3, no polyamine adsorption is evident; and at both pH 3 and pH 10, no SDS adsorption is observed. The results presented here show that, for the amine-based polyelectrolytes, polymer architecture, molecular weight, and pH can be used to manipulate the surface affinity for anionic surfactant (SDS) adsorption onto polyelectrolyte-coated hydrophilic silica surfaces.
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- Xiaoli Zhang
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University, South Parks Road, Oxford
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The role of electrolyte and polyelectrolyte on the adsorption of the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, at the air–water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 356:656-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Zhang X, Taylor D, Thomas R, Penfold J. The effects of the addition of the polyelectrolyte, poly(ethyleneimine), on the adsorption of mixed surfactants of sodium dodecylsulfate and dodecyldimethylaminoacetate at the air–water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 356:647-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 01/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/08/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dong B, Su Y, Liu Y, Yuan J, Xu J, Zheng L. Dispersion of carbon nanotubes by carbazole-tailed amphiphilic imidazolium ionic liquids in aqueous solutions. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 356:190-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2010.12.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2010] [Revised: 12/26/2010] [Accepted: 12/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zhang XL, Taylor DJF, Thomas RK, Penfold J. Adsorption of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures at the air-water interface: modified poly(ethyleneimine) and sodium dodecyl sulfate. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:2601-2612. [PMID: 21265512 DOI: 10.1021/la104698w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The adsorption of surfactant/polyelectrolyte mixtures of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and different modified poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI) polyelectrolytes at the air-water interface has been studied using neutron reflectivity and surface tension. Modification of the PEI by the addition of short ethylene oxide (EO) or propylene oxide (PO) groups is shown to have an impact upon the surface adsorption behavior. This is due to a modification of the polymer/surfactant interaction, an increase in the intrinsic surface activity of the modified polyelectrolyte, and changes in the relative importance of surface and solution complex formation. For the polyelectrolyte PEI, there is a marked change in the surface adsorption behavior between the addition of a single EO group and that of the (EO)3 group. The addition of a single EO or PO group to the PEI results in an SDS concentration and solution pH adsorption dependence that is broadly similar in behavior to that of the unmodified PEI/SDS mixture. That is, there is strong surface complexation and adsorption down to low SDS concentrations, and there is evidence of a strong interaction at high pH in addition to the strong electrostatic attraction at low pH. The addition of a larger ethylene oxide group, triethylene oxide (EO)3, results in a surface adsorption behavior that more closely resembles that of a neutral polymer/ionic surfactant mixture, similar to that observed for PEI with a larger ethylene oxide group, notably PEI-(EO)7. In that case, the adsorption of the polymer/surfactant complex is much less pronounced. The adsorption arises predominantly from competition between the polymer and surfactant and indicates a decrease in the polymer/surfactant interaction with increasing pH. That is, increasing the size of the ethylene oxide group induces a transition from a strong surface polymer/surfactant interaction to a weak polymer/surfactant interaction.
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- X L Zhang
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford University , South Parks Road, Oxford, U.K
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Tucker I, Penfold J, Thomas RK, Dong CC, Golding S, Gibson C, Grillo I. Surface and solution properties of anionic/nonionic surfactant mixtures of alkylbenzene sulfonate and triethyleneglycol decyl ether. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:10614-10626. [PMID: 20423066 DOI: 10.1021/la100846b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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The surface adsorption behavior and the solution microstructure of mixtures of the C(6) isomer of anionic surfactant sodium para-dodecyl benzene sulfonate, ABS, with nonionic surfactant monodecyl triethyleneglycol ether, C(10)E(3,) have been investigated using a combination of neutron reflectivity, NR, and small-angle neutron scattering, SANS. In solution, the mixing of C(10)E(3) and ABS results in the formation of small globular micelles over most of the composition range (100:0 to 20:80 ABS/C(10)E(3)). Planar aggregates (lamellar or unilamellar vesicles, ULV) are observed for solution compositions rich in the nonionic surfactant (>80 mol % nonionic). Prior to the transition to planar aggregates, the micelle aggregation number increases with increasing nonionic composition. The lamellar-phase region is preceded by a narrow range of composition over which mixtures of micelles and small unilamellar vesicles coexist. The variation in surface absorption behavior with solution composition shows a strong surface partitioning of the more surface-active component, C(10)E(3). This pronounced departure from ideal mixing is not readily explained by existing surfactant mixing theories. In the presence of Ca(2+) ions, a more complex evolution of solution phase behavior with solution composition is observed. The lamellar-phase region occurs over a broader range of solution compositions at the expense of the small-vesicle phase. The phase boundaries are shifted to lower nonionic compositions, and the extent to which the solution-phase diagrams are modified increases with increasing calcium ion concentration. The SANS data for the large planar aggregates are consistent with large polydisperse flexible unilamellar vesicles. In the presence of Ca(2+) ions, the surface adsorption patterns become more consistent with ideal mixing in the nonionic-rich region of the surface-phase diagram. However, in the ABS-rich regions the surface behavior is more complex because of the spontaneous formation of more complex surface microstructures (bilayers to multilayers). Both in water and in the presence of Ca(2+) ions the variations in the surface adsorption behavior and in the solution mesophase structure do not appear to be closely correlated.
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- I Tucker
- Unilever Research and Development Laboratory, Port Sunlight, Quarry Road East, Bebington, Wirral, UK.
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Aberg C, Sparr E, Edler KJ, Wennerström H. Nonequilibrium phase transformations at the air-liquid interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:12177-12184. [PMID: 19754062 DOI: 10.1021/la900867k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A theoretical model is presented for the formation of an ordered phase close to the air-liquid interface of an open binary aqueous solution. The chemical potential of water in the liquid phase is, in general, not equal to the chemical potential of water in the ambient atmosphere. There are therefore nonequilibrium conditions close to the air-liquid interface. There is also a gradient in the chemical potential of water, which could lead to the formation of a new interfacial phase. The formation of an interfacial phase is analyzed in terms of the equilibrium phase behavior corresponding to the local water chemical potential. The possibility of forming an interfacial phase is strongly dependent on the ambient conditions, bulk composition, and diffusive transport properties of the phases in question. Explicit calculations are presented for the formation of a lamellar liquid-crystalline phase close to the air-liquid interface of an isotropic surfactant solution with parameters chosen from the sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT)/water system. We consider the relevance of the model to neutron reflectivity studies of the interface between air and surfactant/water systems, as well as to surfactant/polymer/water systems.
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