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Benedix RR, Botsch S, Preisig N, Kovalchuk V, Jessop PG, Stubenrauch C. Influence of a CO 2-switchable additive on the surface and foaming properties of a cationic non-switchable surfactant. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:2941-2948. [PMID: 37013656 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00273j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
Switchable materials in general and CO2-switchable materials in particular are of great interest in environmental research. The replacement of common non-switchable materials (solutions, solvents, surfactants, etc.) with their switchable counterparts has a great potential to make processes more environmentally friendly by enhancing reusability and circularity and thus reducing energy costs and material consumption. Inspired by this, the present work deals with the surface and foaming properties of aqueous solutions of a non-switchable surfactant in presence of a CO2-switchable additive. A 1 : 1 and a 1 : 5 (molar ratios) mixture of the non-switchable surfactant C14TAB (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide) and the CO2-switchable additive TMBDA (N,N,N,N-tetramethyl-1,4-butanediamine) were investigated. It was found that surface properties, foamability, and foam stability can be changed by switching the additive with CO2 as a trigger. This observation can be explained by the fact that TMBDA is surface active in its unprotonated, i.e. neutral form, which disturbs the tight packing of the surfactant molecules on the surface. As a consequence, foams generated with surfactant solutions containing the neutral TMBDA are less stable than their TMBDA-free counterparts. On the other hand, the switched diprotonated additive is a 2 : 1 electrolyte with hardly any surface activity and thus does not affect surface and foam properties.
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- Robin R Benedix
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Institute of Biocolloid Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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Dowlati S, Mokhtari R, Hohl L, Miller R, Kraume M. Advances in CO 2-switchable surfactants towards the fabrication and application of responsive colloids. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 315:102907. [PMID: 37086624 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2023.102907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 04/13/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023]
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CO2-switchable surfactants have selective surface-activity, which can be activated or deactivated either by adding or removing CO2 from the solution. This feature enables us to use them in the fabrication of responsive colloids, a group of dispersed systems that can be controlled by changing the environmental conditions. In chemical processes, including extraction, reaction, or heterogeneous catalysis, colloids are required in some specific steps of the processes, in which maximum contact area between immiscible phases or reactants is desired. Afterward, the colloids must be broken for the postprocessing of products, solvents, and agents, which can be facilitated by using CO2-switchable surfactants in surfactant-stabilized colloids. These surfactants are mainly cationic and can be activated by the protonation of a nitrogen-containing group upon sparging CO2 gas. Also, CO2-switchable superamphiphiles can be formed by non-covalent bonding between components at least one of which is CO2-switchable. So far, CO2-switchable surfactants have been used in CO2-switchable spherical and wormlike micelles, vesicles, emulsions, foams, and Pickering emulsions. Here, we review the fabrication procedure, chemical structure, switching scheme, stability, environmental conditions, and design philosophy of such responsive colloids. Their fields of application are wide, including emulsion polymerization, catalysis, soil washing, drug delivery, extraction, viscosity control, and oil transportation. We also emphasize their application for the CO2-assisted enhanced oil recovery (EOR) process as a promising approach for carbon capture, utilization, and storage to combat climate change.
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- Saeid Dowlati
- Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Ackerstraße 76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany.
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- Danish Offshore Technology Centre, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Ackerstraße 76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Hochschulstraße 8, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, Technical University of Berlin, Ackerstraße 76, D-13355 Berlin, Germany
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Poole H, Jessop PG, Stubenrauch C. Foaming and defoaming properties of
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- Hailey Poole
- Institut für Physikalische Chemie Universität Stuttgart Stuttgart Germany
- Department of Chemistry Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry Queen's University Kingston Ontario Canada
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- Institut für Physikalische Chemie Universität Stuttgart Stuttgart Germany
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Zhou M, Huang J, Zhao Y, Deng X, Ni R, Zhao Y, He Y. Synthesis and Physicochemical Properties of CO2-switchable Gemini Surfactants. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The key to surfactant-free microemulsion demulsification: CO2 promotes the transfer of amphiphilic solvent to aqueous phase. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Zhang L, Lu X, Liu X, Li Q, Cheng Y, Hou Q. Molecular dynamics simulation of CO 2-switchable surfactant regulated reversible emulsification/demulsification processes of a dodecane-saline system. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:23574-23585. [PMID: 33057504 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03904g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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CO2-Switchable surfactants are of great potential in a wide range of industrial applications related to their ability to stabilize and destabilize emulsions upon command. Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to reveal the fundamental mechanism of the reversible emulsification/demulsification processes of a dodecane-saline system by a CO2-switchable surfactant that switches between active (i.e., N'-dodecyl-N,N-dimethylacetamidinium (DMAAH+)) and inactive (i.e., N'-dodecyl-N,N-dimethylacetamidine (DMAA)) forms. The density profiles indicate that DMAAH+ could increase the oil-water interfacial thickness to a greater extent compared to DMAA. DMAAH+ could sharply reduce the interfacial tension of the dodecane-saline system, while DMAA only exhibits a limited decrease, which is in accordance with the experimental observation that DMAAH+/DMAA can reversibly emulsify/demulsify alkane-water systems. Our simulations showed that both the number and lifetime of hydrogen bonds (HBs) between DMAA and water are almost equal to those between DMAAH+ and water. In DMAA, the N atom connecting with the alkyl tail acted as a HB acceptor, while the N atom attached by a proton in DMAAH+ acted as a HB donor. Furthermore, the HBs between DMAAH+ and HCO3- at the interfaces are relatively limited. Hence, it is deduced that the HBs are insufficient to achieve the CO2-switchability of DMAA/DMAAH+. The Lennard Jones and coulombic potentials between DMAA/DMAAH+ and other species show that the coulombic potentials between DMAAH+ and water or anions (i.e., Cl- and HCO3-) sharply decrease with the increase of DMAAH+ and are much lower than those in models with DMAA. The enhanced coulombic interactions between DMAAH+ and anions lead to a remarkable reduction in interfacial tension and the emulsification of the alkane-saline system. Therefore, coulombic interactions are of crucial importance to the reversible emulsification/demulsification processes regulated by CO2-switchable surfactants, namely DMAAH+/DMAA.
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- Lihu Zhang
- State Key Laboratory for Ore Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Ore Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China. and Key Lab of Surficial Geochemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory for Ore Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Ore Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Ore Deposits Research, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Enhanced Oil Recovery, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Beijing 100083, P. R. China
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Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of CO2/N2 Switchable Tertiary Amine Gemini Surfactant. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11743-017-2019-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Lei L, Xie D, Song B, Jiang J, Pei X, Cui Z. Photoresponsive Foams Generated by a Rigid Surfactant Derived from Dehydroabietic Acid. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:7908-7916. [PMID: 28735541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Innovation in the structure of surfactants is crucial to the construction of a surfactant-based system with intriguing properties. With dehydroabietic acid as a starting material, a nearly totally rigid azobenzene surfactant (R-azo-Na) was synthesized. The trans-R-azo-Na formed stable foams with half-lives of 636, 656, 976, and 872 min for 0.3, 1, 2, and 4 mmol·L-1 aqueous solutions, respectively. Under UV light irradiation, a fast collapse of the foams was observed, showing an in situ response. The excellent foam stability of trans-R-azo-Na leads to the extremely high photoresponsive efficiency. As revealed by dynamic surface tension and pulsed-field gradient NMR methods, an obvious energy barrier existed in the adsorption/desorption process of trans-R-azo-Na on the air/water interface. The foams formed by trans-R-azo-Na are thus stable against coarsening processes. The results reveal the unique photoresponsive behavior of a surfactant with a rigid hydrophobic skeleton and provide new insights into the structure causing aggregation of surfactants.
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- Lan Lei
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University , Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Featured Materials in Biochemical Industry and Fujian Province University Key Laboratory of Green Energy and Environment Catalysis, Ningde Normal University , Ningde, Fujian 352100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University , Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University , Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University , Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical & Materials Engineering, Jiangnan University , Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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Switchable foam control was achieved for aqueous solution of new surface-active ionic liquid ([BAzoTMA][NTf2]) by alternatively adding cucurbit[7]uril and spermine.
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- Shaoxiong Shi
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- China
- Department of Chemistry
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Lu H, He Y, Huang Z. Synthesis and Properties of a Series of CO2 Switchable Gemini Imidazolium Surfactants. TENSIDE SURFACT DET 2014. [DOI: 10.3139/113.110323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Novel switchable gemini imidazolium surfactants with different carbon atoms in hydrophobic group were successfully synthesized by condensation of fatty acid with triethylene tetramine, then the intermediates were reacted with CO2 to give the imidazolinium bicarbonates. The structures of intermediates and products were identified by IR and 1H-NMR spectra. As the results show, the structures of the products obtained correspond to the target compounds designed. By surface tension measurements, these Gemini surfactants have excellent surface activity with low cmc and surface tension. The conductivity and surface tension cycles show that these surfactants could be switched from imidazoline (neutral form) to imidazolium bicarbonate (charged form) reversibly and repeatedly.
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- Hongsheng Lu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu , P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Oilfield Chemistry , Department of Education, Chengdu , P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu , P. R. China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu , P. R. China
- Engineering Research Center of Oilfield Chemistry , Department of Education, Chengdu , P. R. China
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