有机膨润土结构对吡虫啉吸附热力学和动力学的影响机理

为深入了解有机膨润土结构对农药吸附性能的影响机理,论文制备十六烷基三甲基氯化铵(HTMA)载量系列变化的有机膨润土,通过吸附热力学和动力学研究了新烟碱杀虫剂吡虫啉与改性有机膨润土的相互作用和影响农药分子在有机膨润土层间扩散的结构因素。结果显示,季铵盐改性削弱了膨润土片层与吡虫啉的静电结合,但是增强与吡虫啉的疏水相互作用。吡虫啉吸附动力学与有机膨润土层间结构密切相关,低载量(<0.8′CEC)的HTMA对膨润土层间距的影响很小,但是层间堆积密度的增加导致吡虫啉吸附速率常数急剧下降。HTMA载量的进一步增加导致其层间排列方式由单层平铺向双层平铺的转变,层间距急剧增加使得吡虫啉吸附速率常数略有增大。     

Arrangement, conformation, and mobility of surfactant molecules intercalated in montmorillonite prepared at different pillaring reagent concentrations as studied by solid-state NMR spectroscopy

The arrangement, conformation, and mobility of dodecyltrimethylammonium cations (DDTMA+) intercalated in montmorillonite prepared with different pillaring reagent concentrations have been studied by 13C relaxation time measurement, cross-polarization dynamics, and two-dimensional proton wide-line separation (2D WISE) spectroscopy, as well as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). We demonstrate that the arrangement of DDTMA+ and the mobility of various groups are different, depending on the pillaring concentration, but the conformations of alkyl chains are similar. XRD experiments illustrate that at three different pillaring concentrations (DDmt0.2, DDmt0.5, and DDmt1.0), the organic cations adopt a lateral-monolayer, lateral-monolayer, and pseudotrilayer arrangement, respectively. 13C MAS NMR reveals that the alkyl chains at the three concentrations uniformly display a large amount of mixed trans and gauch conformation (disordered) and a small amount of trans conformation (ordered). 13C spin-lattice relaxation time and 1H-13C cross-polarization dynamics measurement, along with 2D WISE NMR experiments, indicate that the mobility is much different for various groups at a given concentration and for a given group at different concentrations. At each concentration N-methyl unusually possesses the highest mobility, even exceeding that of the terminal methyl; at different concentrations the N-methyl and terminal methyl in DDmt1.0 exhibit the highest mobility compared with the other two samples.     

Self-Assembly of Alkylammonium Chains on Montmorillonite: Effect of Interlayer Cations,CEC, and Chain Length

Recently, polymeric materials have been filled with synthetic or natural inorganic compounds in order to improve their properties. Especially, polymer clay nanocomposites have attracted both academic and industrial attention. Currently, the structure and physical phenomena of organoclays at molecular level are difficultly explained by existing experimental techniques. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was executed using the CLAYFF and CHARMM force fields to evaluate the structural properties of organoclay such as basal spacing, interlayer density, energy and the arrangement of alkyl chains in the interlayer spacing. Our results are in good agreement with available experimental or other simulation data. The effects of interlayer cations (Na⁺, K⁺, Ca²⁺), the cation exchange capacity, and the alkyl chain length on the basal spacing and the structural properties are estimated. These simulations are expected to presage the microstructure of organo-montmorillonite and lead relevant engineering applications.     

Determination of the interfacial characteristics of a series of bolaamphiphilic poly(fluorooxetane) surfactants through molecular dynamics simulation

Constant surface tension (NgammaT) and constant volume (NVT) molecular dynamics simulations have been conducted on a series of bolaamphiphilic alpha,varpi-(diammonium disulfato)poly(fluorooxetane)s and on a typical "long-chain" anionic fluorosurfactant used to improve the flow-and-leveling characteristics of aqueous coatings, to compare their behavior at a water/air interface. Recent research has shown that the poly(fluorooxetane) surfactants considered in this paper could serve as an effective substitute for traditional fluorosurfactants used in flow-and-leveling applications.(1) From molecular dynamics simulation, we have determined the saturated interfacial area per surfactant, interfacial area per surfactant as a function of surface tension, density profiles, the degree of hydration for various atoms in each surfactant, the degree of counterion binding, and order parameters. Our results for saturated interfacial area per surfactant molecule are greater than what has been obtained by other researchers through parametric fitting of interfacial area from experimental surface tension data using the Davies isotherm. Possible explanations for this difference are discussed. The low interfacial areas occupied by each poly(fluorooxetane) at the water/air interface are the result of their ability to adopt a "looped" conformation, in which the carbon and oxygen backbone of each surfactant and the attached perfluoroalkyl chains are forced into the air phase. A geometrically defined penetration parameter was calculated from the density profiles, which reveals that each poly(fluorooxetane) surfactant is more effective at separating the air and water phases than the "long-chain" anionic fluorosurfactant. The degree of hydration measured for different atoms in poly(fluorooxetane) during simulation confirms that a "looped" conformation is adopted in which the surfactant backbone and the perfluoroalkyl chains are lifted away from the water surface. Calculation of order parameters revealed a much lower degree of ordering for the perfluoroalkyl side chains in each bolaamphiphile than in the "long chain" anionic fluorosurfactant. When viewed in the context of the penetration parameter analysis, the density profiles and hydration data suggest why each poly(fluorooxetane) is capable of significantly reducing surface tension when other fluorosurfactants with similarly short perfluoroalkyl moieties provide inadequate surface tension reduction for practical flow-and-leveling applications.     

超分子模板法合成层状中孔结构氧化铝

利用烷基硫酸钠作为模板剂在室温下合成了层状中孔结构氧化铝,考察了表面活性剂碳链长度和表面活性剂混合比例对层状氧化铝中孔相结构参数的影响.当使用单一表面活性剂作为模板剂时,层状中孔结构氧化铝的层间距d及其层状结构的长程有序度随着表面活性剂碳链长度的增加而增加;若使用C₈H₁₇SO₄Na与C₁₄H₂₉SO₄Na混合表面活性剂作为混合模板剂,当C₁₄H₂₉SO₄Na摩尔分数x处在0～0.5时,层间距基本恒定,接近于具有二者平均碳链长度(n=11)的单一表面活性剂作为模板剂时的情形;当x>0.5时,层间距随x的增大而逐渐增大.通过提出的混合表面活性剂在无机层中的分子排列结构模型对该结果做了解释.     

Molecular simulation of swelling and interlayer structure for organoclay in supercritical CO(2)

In this work, Monte Carlo simulations have been carried out to investigate the swelling stability and interlayer structures of alkylammonium-modified montmorillonite both in vacuum and in supercritical CO(2) (scCO(2)) fluid. In the vacuum (dry) condition, the stable spacing for this kind of organoclay was determined based on the energy minimum. In the stable spacing, the corresponding interlayer structure of dry organoclay is the monolayer arrangement with the intercalated surfactant chains lying parallel to the silicate surface. In scCO(2) fluid medium, the normal pressures within the organoclay gallery and the swelling free energy have been obtained from Gibbs ensemble Monte Carlo simulation. The mechanically and thermodynamically stable spacings of the organoclay have been determined. As compared with the case in vacuum, the simulation shows that the swelling of the organoclay is thermodynamically favorable in the environment of scCO(2) fluid. The interlayer structure and conformation have been used to analyze the mechanism of swelling. The headgroups of surfactant cations are distributed close to the clay surfaces. The presence of CO(2) molecules within the clay gallery can cause a specific steric arrangement of the long-chain alkylammonium cations.     

Dynamics of alkyl ammonium intercalants within organically modified montmorillonite: Dielectric relaxation and ionic conductivity

The low-frequency (0.01 Hz-10 MHz) dynamic characteristics of alkyl quaternary ammonium exchanged montmorillonite (SC20A) were investigated to determine the correlation between temperature-dependent changes in the interlayer structure and collective mobility of the surfactant. From 25 to 165 degrees C, SC20A exhibits two interlayer transitions, one ascribed to the melting of the intercalated alkyl chains of the surfactant (20-40 degrees C) and another associated with an abrupt decrease in the interlayer's coefficient of thermal expansion (100 degrees C). For this temperature range, the excess surfactant and residual electrolytes present in commercially manufactured SC20A enhance the direct current conductivity and increase low-frequency space-charge polarization, which is believed to occur across percolation paths established by the surfaces of the SC20A crystallites. In contrast, a higher-frequency relaxation, which was less sensitive to process history and impurity content, is ascribed to relaxation within the interlayer at the surfactant-aluminosilicate interface electrostatic couple. The temperature dependence of these dielectric relaxations indicated a drastic increase in mobility as the interlayer organic phase transitions from static and glasslike into molten and mobile. Overall, SC20A displayed features of alternating current universality, including time-temperature superposition, common in other types of disordered ion-conducting media. The presence of long-range transport and its sensitivity to low amounts of impurities imply that from a dynamic perspective the local environment of the surfactants are substantially diverse and a minority fraction, such as at the edge of the crystallite (gallery and aluminosilicate layer), may dominate the lower-frequency dielectric response.     

三种不同分子结构阴离子表面活性剂胶束微结构的NMR研究

用核磁共振测定自旋-晶格、自旋-自旋弛豫时间(t₁,t₂)、自扩散系数(D),用2DNOESY技术对正十四烷基硫酸钠、β-戊基壬烷基硫酸钠和β-戊基壬烷基聚氧乙烯醚(4)硫酸钠三类阴离子表面活性剂水溶液进行了观测,烷烃链各基团的t₂/t₁值给出了这三类分子形成各自胶束的水合层位点信息以及烷烃链在胶束内核中堆积程度的比较,自扩散系数结果表明,β-戊基壬烷基硫酸钠比正十四烷基硫酸钠形成的胶束的水合动力学半径小,但β-戊基壬烷基聚氧乙烯醚(4)硫酸钠形成的胶束水合动力学半径明显大于其它两类表面活性剂胶束,2DNOESY谱图提供了β-戊基壬烷基聚氧乙烯醚(4)硫酸钠分子中聚氧乙烯基键在胶束外层卷曲排列的信息.     

FTIR investigation of CTAB-Al-montmorillonite complexes

In this study, CTAB-Al-montmorillonite complexes were synthesized by pre-modifying montmorillonite using different concentrations of surfactant (resulting in different surfactant loadings and basal spacings), then pillaring the organoclays with hydroxy-Al cations. The resultant inorganic-organic montmorillonite complexes were characterized using FTIR, with a combination of XRD, TG and chemical analysis. This study indicates that the basal spacings of the CTAB-Al-montmorillonite complexes and the amounts of Al-contained pillars strongly depend on the surfactant loadings in the clay interlayer space, resulted from the mobility variation of the intercalated surfactants. During pillaring hydroxy-Al cations into clay interlayer space, part of the intercalated surfactants were removed, resulting in a decrease of the ordering of alkyl chains and the frequency shifts of Si(Al)-O, Si-O-Al and (M-O)(Td) stretching vibrations. The hydrophobicity of the CTAB-Al-montmorillonite complex also strongly depends on the surfactant loading whereas that of the CTAB-Al-montmorillonite complex is relative lower than that of the corresponding organoclay, indicated by the frequency shift of the vibrations corresponding to the sorbed water and their contents estimated by TG curves. With the decrease of the sorbed water content, the frequency of the band of H-O-H bending (nu(2)) shifts to higher frequency while the O-H stretching vibration (nu(1) and nu(3)) shifts to lower frequency, indicating that H(2)O is less hydrogen bonded. Meanwhile, the ordered conformations of the alkyl chains in CTAB-Al-montmorillonite complex decrease when compared with that of the corresponding organoclay.     

Computational studies on the behavior of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at TiO2(rutile)/water interfaces

Molecular dynamics simulations to study the behavior of an anionic surfactant close to TiO(2) surfaces were carried out where each surface was modeled using three different crystallographic orientations of TiO(2) (rutile), (001), (100) and (110). Even though all three surfaces were made with the same atoms the orientation was a key to determine adsorption since surfactant molecules aggregated in different ways. For instance, simulations on the surface (100) showed that the surfactant molecules formed a hemicylinder structure whereas the molecules on the surface (110) were attached to the solid by forming a hemisphere-like structure. Structure of the aggregated molecules and surfactant adsorption on the surfaces were studied in terms of tails and headgroups density profiles as well as surface coverage. From density profiles and angular distributions of the hydrocarbon chains it was possible to determine the influence of the solid surface. For instance, on surfaces (100) and (001) the surfactant molecules formed molecular layers parallel to the surface. Finally, it was found that in the solids (100) and (110) where there are oxygen atoms exposed on the surface the surfactant molecules were attached to the surfaces along the sites between the lines of these oxygen atoms.     

Solution properties of mixed surfactant systems (IV)

Electric properties of mixed anionic-nonionic surfactant systems in aqueous solutions above the CMC have been studied in terms of pNa values, electrical conductivities, and dielectric constants; these systems are sodium 3, 6, 9-trioxaicosanoate (ECL) — alkyl polyoxyethylene ethers (C_mPOE; m=12, 14, 16, and 18). The degree of ionic dissociation of mixed micelle increases with increasing the number of carbon atoms of the alkyl group in the nonionic surfactant. The electrical conductivity increases with increasing the alkyl chain length in the nonionic surfactant, in spite of the increase of the activation energy for conduction. The size of mixed micelles also increases with increasing alkyl chain length. This may be attributed to the fact that the mixed micelle is formed more easily by a nonionic surfactant including long alkyl chains than for one having shorter alkyl chains.     

Structural ordering of organovermiculite: experiments and modeling

The ordering of three different sizes of quaternary ammonium salts (QUATs) has been studied with respect to concentration of guests in the host's interlayer gallery. From the modeling, we could verify that small molecules of n-butylammonium salt build a monolayer structure in the vermiculite gallery without reference to concentration. On the other hand, the larger molecules of dodecyltrimethylammonium and dioctadecyldimethylammonium salts are responsive to the numbers of their molecules in the interlayer space of the host, building mono- or bilayered structures. Supersaturated structure of both QUATs keep an arrangement of alkyl chains nearly perpendicular to silicate layers, while only saturated samples exhibit tilted alkyl chains in the gallery. The ordering changes bring out the calculation of mean crystallite size. Low values of the nonbond energy of supersaturated forms predict that those organovermiculites will readily exfoliate, e.g., in polymer/clay nanocomposite.     

Relation between packing density and thermal transitions of alkyl chains on layered silicate and metal surfaces

Self-assembled layers of alkyl chains grafted onto the surfaces of layered silicates, metal, and oxidic nanoparticles are utilized to control interactions with external media by tuning the packing density of the chains on the surface, head group functionality, and chain length. Characterization through experiment and simulation shows that the orientation of the alkyl layers and reversible phase transitions on heating are a function of the cross-sectional area of the alkyl chains in relation to the available surface area per alkyl chain. On even surfaces, a packing density less than 0.2 leads to nearly parallel orientation of the alkyl chains on the surface, a high degree of conformational disorder, and no reversible melting transitions. A packing density between 0.2 and 0.75 leads to intermediate inclination angles, semicrystalline order, and reversible melting transitions on heating. A packing density above 0.75 results in nearly vertical alignment of the surfactants on the surface, a high degree of crystalline character, and absence of reversible melting transitions. Curved surfaces can be understood by the same principle, taking into account a local radius of curvature and a distance-dependent packing density on the surface. In good approximation, this simple model is independent from the length of the alkyl chains (a minimum length of C10 is required to form sufficiently distinctive patterns), the chemical nature of the surface, and of the surfactant head group. These structural details primarily determine the functionality of alkyl modified surfaces and the temperature of thermal transitions.     

A site-directed spin-labeling study of surfactants in polymer–clay nanocomposites

Polymer–clay nanocomposites exhibit much improved mechanical, physical, and chemical properties compared to the pure polymer. The interaction of polymer and organically modified silicates is mainly influenced by the surfactant layer in the system. To investigate the structure and dynamics of this surfactant layer, various electron paramagnetic spectroscopy (EPR) techniques were applied. Continuous wave EPR experiments showed a temperature-dependent heterogeneous mobility of the surfactant layer in organoclay as well as a difference in dynamics along the alkyl chain. Intercalation of polystyrene causes a significant slowdown in surfactant dynamics. Electron spin echo envelope modulation indicates a closer contact of the polymer with the mid of the surfactant tail than with the end of the tail. From the obtained data the picture of flatly lying surfactants on clay platelets with a mobility gradient along their alkyl chains can be drawn.     

2,5-双取代烷基苯磺酸钠胶束微结构的1H NMR研究

利用核磁共振化学位移变化, 自旋-自旋弛豫和2D NOESY(two-dimensional nuclear Overhauser enhancement spectroscopy)研究了一系列新合成的双取代烷基苯磺酸盐的胶束化. 结果表明, 邻位取代的是正烷烃链, 间位取代的是支烷烃链. 而且, 邻位取代的烷烃链越长, 参与形成胶束疏水核表面层的亚甲基个数越多. 因此, 每个分子在饱和吸附的油水界面上的面积越大. 间位取代的分支链在胶束疏水核中堆积得没有邻位取代的正烷烃链紧密. 分支链越短, 堆积得越不紧密. 描述了胶束中分子的相对排列.     

The extent of molecular orientation at liquid/vapor interface of pyridine and its alkyl derivatives by molecular dynamics simulation

In this paper, molecular dynamics simulation was performed to investigate the liquid∕vapor interfacial structure of neat polar liquids. Large-scale ensembles of liquid pyridine and its alkyl derivatives, 4-methylpyridine and 4-ethylpyridine, were simulated by classical molecular dynamics at 298 K. For the liquid system of low polarity, the surface density profile of the atoms meet exactly at the middle of interfacial region, and atoms of hydrophobic nature can be hardly discriminated from hydrophilic ones in either vapor or liquid sides. For a liquid system of high polarity, the density profile of atoms with different nature is highly discriminated all over the interfacial region, and as the polarity increases, a dense region of atomic density is clearly developed in the subsurface region. The recognized bivariate method was also used to study the molecular orientational distribution quantitatively. Orientational analysis of the three liquid systems indicates that the pyridine ring plane in the outmost surface tends to be vertical. Its tendency in the innermost interfacial region is parallel. The orientational states available to 4-ethylpyridine and pyridine are discriminated by predicting the possibility of a bisector-wise tumbling for the ring plane in pyridine and a side-wise tumbling in 4-ethylpyridine. The orientational distribution maps explain the trend of experimental surface tension and surface entropy. As the dipole moment of these liquids increases with the alkyl chain length, the surface structural profile changes from a regular definite one to a surface of complex atomic structure involving a dense phase near the interface. The development of dense region in alkyl derivatives is the result of segregation of molecules due to the alkyl group, which is captured and discriminated by molecular dynamics simulation even when the length of a short alkyl chain is increased by one carbon atom.     

Hydrophobically Associating Alginate Derivatives: Surface Tension Properties of Their Mixed Aqueous Solutions with Oppositely Charged Surfactants

The comparative study of the interfacial properties of an anionic polysaccharide, sodium alginate (Alg), and its hydrophobically modified derivative (Alg-C(12)), covalently substituted by dodecyl chains (12% mol/mol saccharide unit), was carried out in the absence or in the presence of an oppositely charged surfactant, dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). The drastically different behaviors which were observed are interpreted in terms of the arrangement and mobility of the hydrophobic long alkyl chains, depending on the nature of their fixation, covalent or ionic, on the polysaccharide backbone. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

吲哚并咔唑类衍生物载流子传输性质的理论研究

以密度泛函理论结合跳跃模型, 重点研究了氯原子和烷基链的引入对吲哚并咔唑类衍生物传输性质的影响. 计算结果表明, 与吲哚并[3,2-b]咔唑(1)相比, 氯原子的引入增大了2,8-二氯吲哚并[3,2-b]咔唑(2)和2,8-二氯-5,11-二己基吲哚并[3,2-b]咔唑(3)的最高占据分子轨道(HOMO)的离域程度, 而对最低未被占据分子轨道(LUMO)则无显著贡献, 但明显降低了二者的能级. 上述结果表明, 对于LUMO, 氯原子体现了吸电子效应, 而对于HOMO, 氯原子体现了共轭效应. 烷基链的引入使化合物3的空穴迁移率明显高于化合物1和2, 这主要归因于化合物3具有更加紧密的分子堆积, 尤其在跳跃路径A中, 具有更大的分子间电子耦合和轨道重叠. 同时能带结构的计算结果进一步证明, 氯原子和烷基链的同时引入大大改善了吲哚并咔唑类衍生物的电荷传输性能.     

Synthesis, characterization of mono, di and tri alkyl surfactant intercalated Wyoming montmorillonite for the removal of phenol from aqueous systems

Organoclays were synthesized by the ion exchange of cationic surfactants containing single, double and triple alkyl chains for sodium ions in an aqueous suspension of Wyoming Na-montmorillonite. The characterization of organoclays with and without adsorbed phenol was determined by X-ray diffraction, TEM and thermal analysis. Differences in the surfaces and in the interlayer of the mono, di and tri alkyl chain organoclays resulted in differences in the adsorption efficiency for phenol with tri > di > mono > Na-Mt. The results prove that organoclays can be effective for the removal of phenol from an aqueous solution and this removal is a function of the surfactant molecule and its concentration. In general, the higher the concentration as measured by the CEC value and the greater the number of alkyl chains in the surfactant molecule, the greater the percentage of the phenol that is removed.     

The structure of mixed nonionic surfactant monolayers at the air-water interface: the effects of different alkyl chain lengths

The structure of mixed nonionic surfactant monolayers of monodecyl hexaethylene glycol (C10E6) and monotetradecyl hexaethylene glycol (C14E6) adsorbed at the air-water interface has been determined by specular neutron reflectivity. Using partial isotopic labeling (deuterium for hydrogen) of the alkyl and ethylene oxide chains of each surfactant, the distribution and relative positions of the chains at the interface have been obtained. The packing of the two different alkyl chain lengths results in structural changes compared to the pure surfactant monolayers. This results in changes in the relative positions of the alkyl chains and of the ethylene oxide chains at the interface. The role of the alkyl chain length is contrasted with that of the ethylene oxide chain length, determined from results reported previously on the nonionic surfactant mixture of monododecyl triethylene glycol (C12E3) and monododecyl octaethylene glycol (C12E8).