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Xu L, Wen S, Xie Q, Fan F, Wang Q, Zhang X, Lv K, Jia H, Sun H. Interfacial Rheological Investigation of Modified Silica Nanoparticles with Different Alkyl Chain Lengths at the n-Octane/Water Interface. Molecules 2024; 29:3749. [PMID: 39202828 PMCID: PMC11357125 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29163749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2024] [Revised: 07/27/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 09/03/2024] Open
Abstract
The interfacial dilational rheology of silica nanoparticles (NPs) directly reflects the relationship between surface structure and interfacial behaviors in NPs, which has attracted significant attention in various industrial fields. In this work, modified silica nanoparticles (MNPs) with various alkyl chain lengths were synthesized and systematically characterized using Fourier transform infrared spectra, Zeta potential, and water contact angle measurements. It was found that the MNPs were successfully fabricated with similar degrees of modification. Subsequently, the interfacial behaviors of the MNPs in an n-octane/water system were investigated through interfacial dilational rheological experiments. The length of the modified alkyl chain dominated the hydrophilic-lipophile balance and the interfacial activity of the MNPs, evaluated by the equilibrium interfacial tension (IFT) variation and dilational elasticity modulus. In the large amplitude compression experiment, the balance between the electrostatic repulsion and interfacial activity in the MNPs was responsible for their ordered interfacial arrangement. The MNPs with the hexyl alkyl chain (M6C) presented the optimal amphipathy and could partly overcome the repulsion, causing a dramatic change in surface pressure. This was further confirmed by the variations in IFT and dilational elasticity during the compression path. The study provides novel insights into the interfacial rheology and interactions of functionally modified NPs.
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- Long Xu
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Oilfield Chemistry, School of Petroleum Engineering, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, China; (L.X.)
- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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- Key Laboratory of Unconventional Oil & Gas Development, China University of Petroleum (East China), Ministry of Education, Qingdao 266580, China
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Bharmoria P, Tietze AA, Mondal D, Kang TS, Kumar A, Freire MG. Do Ionic Liquids Exhibit the Required Characteristics to Dissolve, Extract, Stabilize, and Purify Proteins? Past-Present-Future Assessment. Chem Rev 2024; 124:3037-3084. [PMID: 38437627 PMCID: PMC10979405 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
Abstract
Proteins are highly labile molecules, thus requiring the presence of appropriate solvents and excipients in their liquid milieu to keep their stability and biological activity. In this field, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained momentum in the past years, with a relevant number of works reporting their successful use to dissolve, stabilize, extract, and purify proteins. Different approaches in protein-IL systems have been reported, namely, proteins dissolved in (i) neat ILs, (ii) ILs as co-solvents, (iii) ILs as adjuvants, (iv) ILs as surfactants, (v) ILs as phase-forming components of aqueous biphasic systems, and (vi) IL-polymer-protein/peptide conjugates. Herein, we critically analyze the works published to date and provide a comprehensive understanding of the IL-protein interactions affecting the stability, conformational alteration, unfolding, misfolding, and refolding of proteins while providing directions for future studies in view of imminent applications. Overall, it has been found that the stability or purification of proteins by ILs is bispecific and depends on the structure of both the IL and the protein. The most promising IL-protein systems are identified, which is valuable when foreseeing market applications of ILs, e.g., in "protein packaging" and "detergent applications". Future directions and other possibilities of IL-protein systems in light-harvesting and biotechnology/biomedical applications are discussed.
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- Pankaj Bharmoria
- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department
of Smart Molecular, Inorganic and Hybrid Materials, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular
and Translational Medicine, University of
Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular
and Translational Medicine, University of
Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Institute
of Plant Genetics (IPG), Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland
- Centre
for Nano and Material Sciences, JAIN (Deemed-to-be
University), Jain Global
Campus, Bangalore 562112, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, UGC Center for Advance Studies-II,
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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- Salt
and Marine Chemicals Division, CSIR-Central
Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Liu J, Wang L, Li Y, Wang J, Yang X. Adsorption properties of N-tetradecyl- N, N-dimethyl- N-(2,3-epoxy propyl) ammonium chloride with inorganic salts at air/water. J DISPER SCI TECHNOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/01932691.2020.1764851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jiawei Liu
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, Qilu University of Technology-Shandong Academy of Science, Ji’nan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, Qilu University of Technology-Shandong Academy of Science, Ji’nan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, Qilu University of Technology-Shandong Academy of Science, Ji’nan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, Qilu University of Technology-Shandong Academy of Science, Ji’nan, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering, Qilu University of Technology-Shandong Academy of Science, Ji’nan, China
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Effect of hydrophobicity on the interfacial rheological behaviors of nanoparticles at decane-water interface. J Mol Liq 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2019.111618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ma Y, Gao Y, Zhao X, Zhu Y, Du F, Hu J. A Natural Triterpene Saponin‐Based Pickering Emulsion. Chemistry 2018; 24:11703-11710. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201801619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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- Yue Ma
- Department of Applied ChemistryCollege of ScienceChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 China
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- Department of Applied ChemistryCollege of ScienceChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 China
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- Department of Applied ChemistryCollege of ScienceChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 China
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- Department of Applied ChemistryCollege of ScienceChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 China
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- Department of Applied ChemistryCollege of ScienceChina Agricultural University Beijing 100193 China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of PolymersDepartment of Macromolecular ScienceFudan University Shanghai 200433 China
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Bhadani A, Misono T, Singh S, Sakai K, Sakai H, Abe M. Structural diversity, physicochemical properties and application of imidazolium surfactants: Recent advances. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2016; 231:36-58. [PMID: 27063924 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
The current review covers recent advances on development and investigation of cationic surfactants containing imidazolium headgroup, which are being extensively investigated for their self-aggregation properties and are currently being utilized in various conventional and non-conventional application areas. These surfactants are being used as: soft template for synthesis of mesoporous/microporous materials, drug and gene delivery agent, stabilizing agent for nanoparticles, dispersants for single/multi walled carbon nanotubes, antimicrobial and antifungal agent, viscosity modifiers, preparing nanocomposite materials, stabilizing microemulsions, corrosion inhibitors and catalyst for organic reactions. Recently several structural derivatives of these surfactants have been developed having many interesting physicochemical properties and they have demonstrated enormous potential in the area of nanotechnology, material science and biomedical science.
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Jha I, Venkatesu P. Endeavour to simplify the frustrated concept of protein-ammonium family ionic liquid interactions. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:20466-84. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp01735a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Schematic representation of protein stabilization/destabilization in the presence of ionic liquids.
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- Indrani Jha
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Delhi
- Delhi – 110007
- India
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Bharmoria P, Trivedi TJ, Pabbathi A, Samanta A, Kumar A. Ionic liquid-induced all-α to α + β conformational transition in cytochrome c with improved peroxidase activity in aqueous medium. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:10189-99. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp06044j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Choline dioctylsulfosuccinate [Cho][AOT] (a surface active ionic liquid) has been found to induce all-α to α + β conformational transition in the secondary structure of enzyme cytochrome c (Cyt c) with an enhanced peroxidase activity in its aqueous vesicular phase at pH 7.0.
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- Pankaj Bharmoria
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative research (AcSIR)
- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Bhavnagar-364002
- India
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- Graduate School of EEWS (Energy Environment Water Sustainability)
- KAIST
- Daejeon 305-701
- Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Hyderabad
- Hyderabad 500 046
- India
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Hyderabad
- Hyderabad 500 046
- India
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- Academy of Scientific and Innovative research (AcSIR)
- Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Bhavnagar-364002
- India
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Cao C, Lei J, Huang T, Du FP. Impact of ionic liquid-type imidazolium surfactant addition on dynamic properties of BSA adsorption layers at different pH. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:8896-8904. [PMID: 25278154 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm01666a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The dynamic interfacial properties of mixed solutions of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the ionic liquid-type imidazolium surfactant ([C16mim]Br) were measured as a function of the interface age, surfactant concentration and solution pH. Three BSA conformers were investigated: the normal N form as well as the fast F and aged A forms, corresponding to the different solution pH, respectively. The interfacial tension and the interfacial dilational elasticity isotherms for the mixed adsorption layers indicate that the addition of [C16mim]Br to the different structures of BSA isomers influences the properties of the adsorption layer at the decane/water interface. The addition of [C16mim]Br does not influence the structure of the protein at pH below the isoelectric point of BSA, but at higher solution pH, the addition of surfactants significantly influences the dynamic interfacial properties of BSA solutions due to the electrostatic interaction between the components.
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- Chong Cao
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science, China Agriculture University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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