Micellization and adsorption of a zwitterionic surfactant: N-dodecyl betaine-effect of salt

Time-resolved fluorescence quenching, self-diffusion measurements and calorimetric investigations have been used in order to investigate the effect of salt on aggregation in aqueous solutions and the adsorption onto silica gel of the zwitterionic surfactant N-dodecyl betaine (NDB).

The micelle aggregation number of NDB stays constant when the NDB or salt concentration increases but decreases with an increase of temperature. Evidence is presented for the binding of cations and anions to micellar aggregates. The degree of binding has been obtained for Na⁺, Ca²⁺ and Cl⁻ ions; it is always larger for the anion.

Enthalpies of micellization were obtained directly from calorimetric curves of NDB in dilution experiments. The observed decrease of the endothermic enthalpies of micellization with increasing temperature or salinity is attributed to a structural change in the water molecules around the alkyl chain of the free monomers.

The adsorption isotherms of NDB onto silica gel depend very little on temperature, and a plateau is reached near the CMC. At saturation, the adsorbed amount of NDB depends on the salt and follows the sequence NDB < (NDB + NaCl) < (NDB + CaCl₂).

The exothermic differential molar enthalpies of adsorption demonstrate the same behaviour as the enthalpies of micellization with varying temperature or salinity. Adsorption onto silica gel depends on the NDB concentration, the salt concentration and temperature.     

Influence of additives on the protoplasts electrofusion.

Various neutral or charged surface active substances were used for testing the influence of additives on the electrofusion of barley protoplasts. It was found that neutral surface active agents DX, TAGB, Span-80 and AEO-9 could promote the electrofusion. The positively charged surface active agents Bardac 2080, Bardac 2280 and amphoteric surface active agents dodecyl-propyl betaine and CAB betaine also promote the electrofusion, but at high concentration the electrofusion efficiency will reduce. The negatively charged polymer agents Cibacron blue DX, Fluoresceinylthiocarbamoyl DX, and active surface substances K12 and Carsonol TLS- presented negative effect. These phenomena were discussed from the view of adsorption of additives on the membrane and the interactions between protoplasts.     

Enthalpies of sorption of linear hydrocarbons (C2–C8) and chloroderivatives of methane and ethylene on the surface of hydrotalcite

Differential molar adsorption enthalpies (DMAE) were determined by gas chromatographic measurements of specific retention volume of vapors on the surface of two forms of Mg–Al hydrotalcite. A linear dependence of the DMAE on the number of the carbon atoms in hydrocarbons was observed for both form of hydrotalcite. The dependence of the differential molar adsorption enthalpies on the number of chlorine atoms in organic molecules is discussed. A linear dependence of DMAE on the molecular weight of chloroderivatives of methane and ethylene on the basic form in an order monochloromethane < dichloromethane < trichloromethane or vinylidene chloride < 1,1-dichloroethylene < trichloroethylene was found.     

类水滑石诱导囊泡的自发形成

报道了一种新的囊泡合成方法——荷电固体纳米颗粒诱导囊泡的自发形成. 研究发现, 将5.0 g/L带结构正电荷的Mg₃Al类水滑石(HTlc)溶胶和0.02 mol/L由两性表面活性剂十二烷基甜菜碱(C₁₂BE)和阴离子表面活性剂双(2-乙基己基)琥珀酸磺酸钠(AOT)组成的溶液(C₁₂BE与AOT物质的量比为3∶2)混合, 当HTlc溶胶与表面活性剂溶液的体积比在1∶9～4∶6范围内, 在HTlc纳米颗粒的诱导下可自发形成囊泡, 并获得稳定的HTlc-囊泡复合分散体系.     

Adsorption of benzoic acid from organic solvents on calcite and dolomite: Influence of water

A study has been carried out of the adsorption of benzoic acid from cyclohexane solution onto the hydrophilic surface of calcite.

We determined initially the chemical and mineral composition of the solid, its specific surface area and its granulometry. This was followed by the determination of the enthalpies of immersion of calcite in different solvents. These thermodynamic properties gave information on the energetics of calcite—solvent interactions. In this way, we could construct a scale of affinities of the different organic molecules and water for the calcite surface. It was noted that the enthalpies were higher in unsaturated than in saturated organic solvents, and higher in water than in the organic solvents.

The adsorption isotherms and the differential molar enthalpies of displacement were determined in the presence and the absence of water. The role played by water in the adsorption of polar organic molecules from the oil phase has not been clearly explained previously. In this paper, we indicate how the presence of water can modify the adsorption of aromatic compounds on the surface of calcite. As regards the adsorption isotherms, the presence of water essentially increases the amount of adsorption. The results of the calorimetric studies were found to be surprising; we observed that the differential molar enthalpies of displacement were endothermic.

Similar experiments were carried out with dolomite and n-heptane solution and the results compared with those obtained with calcite and cyclohexane, leading to the formulation of a general model concerning the adsorption of small polar organic molecules from organic solvents onto the surfaces of the carbonates.     

Excess molar enthalpies for binary mixtures of different amines with water

The isothermal excess molar enthalpies for binary mixtures of different amines with water were measured with a C-80 Setaram calorimeter. The experimental results indicate that the excess molar enthalpy is related to the molecular structure. The experimental excess molar enthalpies were satisfactorily fitted with the Redlich–Kister equation. They were also used to test the suitability of the NRTL model, and the deviations are a little larger than the R–K equation.     

Theoretical description of aggregation of cationic gemini surfactants in the bulk solution and on the silica surface

A theory of cationic dimeric (gemini) surfactant adsorption onto negatively charged surface is presented. In the proposed model it is assumed that the adsorbed phase is a mixture of singly dispersed molecules of surfactant and spherical, globular and cylindrical aggregates of different dimensions. Only the “excluded area” interactions between the adsorbed species are considered and the effects of surface heterogeneity on monomer adsorption are taken into account. The aggregation behavior of gemini surfactants is based on the additive free energy model proposed by Camesano and Nagarajan (2000). The calculated surfactant adsorption isotherms and the differential molar enthalpies of micellisation and adsorption are compared with the experimental results obtained for a series of gemini surfactants depending on the length of a spacer, temperature or the presence of electrolyte. On the basis of theoretical results the evolution of adsorbed phase of gemini surfactants with the increasing adsorption is discussed. It is shown that the evaluated cmc values and the dimensions of surfactant aggregates are in a good agreement with experiment. Unfortunately, the theoretical model does not describe properly the temperature dependence of micellisation process.     

First evaluation of the thermodynamic properties for spheres to elongated micelles transition of some propanediyl-alpha,omega-bis(dimethylalkylammonium bromide) surfactants in aqueous solution

The apparent and partial molar enthalpies, apparent molar volumes, and adiabatic compressibilities at 298 K of the aqueous solutions of the cationic gemini surfactants propanediyl-alpha,omega-bis(octyldimethylammonium bromide) (8-3-8) and propanediyl-alpha,omega-bis(dodecyldimethylammonium bromide) (12-3-12) have been measured as a function of concentration. The trends of the partial molar enthalpies versus concentration are the first well documented thermodynamic evidence of sphere to rod transition in the micellar phase, involving a detectable quantity of heat, and allow the determination of the change in enthalpy associated with this transition. The changes in enthalpies upon micellization and for the sphere to elongated micelles transition, DeltaH(s)(-->)(r), have been obtained from the experimental data by using a pseudo-phase transition approach: -1.5 kJ mol(-1) for 8-3-8 and -3.9 kJ mol(-1) for 12-3-12. No evidence of the above transition is found in the trends of volumetric properties versus m. The apparent adiabatic molar compressibilities for the compounds under investigation are also reported here for the first time: a negative group contribution for the methylene group is evaluated, when the surfactants are present in solution as a single molecule, reflecting its solvation structure. In the micellar phase, the -CH(2)- group contribution becomes positive. A value of 1.17 x 10(-3) cm(3) bar(-1) mol(-1) for the change in adiabatic molar compressibility upon micellization is obtained. The lower values of the methylene group contributions to the volumetric properties for the monomers support the hypothesis of partial association of the chains before the cmc.     

Interactions of alkali metal chlorides with phosphatidylcholine vesicles

We study the interaction of alkali metal chlorides with lipid vesicles made of palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC). An elaborate set of techniques is used to investigate the binding process at physiological conditions. The alkali cation binding to POPC is characterized thermodynamically using isothermal titration calorimetry. The isotherms show that for all ions in the alkali group the binding process is endothermic, counterintuitively to what is expected for Coulomb interactions between the slightly negatively charged POPC liposomes and the cations. The process is entropy driven and presumably related to the liberation of water molecules from the hydration shells of the ions and the lipid headgroups. The measured molar enthalpies of the binding of the ions follows the Hofmeister series. The binding constants were also estimated, whereby lithium shows the strongest affinity to POPC membranes, followed by the rest of the ions according to the Hofmeister series. Cation adsorption increases the net surface potential of the vesicles as observed from electrophoretic mobility and zeta potential measurements. While lithium adsorption leads to slightly positive zeta potentials above a concentration of 100 mM, the adsorption of the rest of the ions mainly causes neutralization of the membrane. This is the first study characterizing the binding equilibrium of alkali metal chlorides to phosphatidylcholine membranes at physiological salt concentrations.     

The interplay of diffusional and electrophoretic transport mechanisms of charged solutes in the liquid film surrounding charged nonporous adsorbent particles employed in finite bath adsorption systems

A model that describes the diffusive and electrophoretic mass transport of the cation and anion species of a buffer electrolyte and of a charged adsorbate in the liquid film surrounding nonporous adsorbent particles in a finite bath adsorption system, in which adsorption of the charged adsorbate onto the charged surface of the nonporous particles occurs, is constructed and solved. The dynamic behavior of the mechanisms of this model explicitly demonstrates (a) the interplay between the diffusive and electrophoretic molar fluxes of the charged adsorbate and of the species of the buffer electrolyte in the liquid film surrounding the nonporous adsorbent particles, (b) the significant effect that the functioning of the electrical double layer has on the transport of the charged species and on the adsorption of the charged adsorbate, and (c) the substantial effect that the dynamic behavior of the surface charge density has on the functioning of the electrical double layer. It is found that at equilibrium, the value of the concentration of the charged adsorbate in the fluid layer adjacent to the surface of the adsorbent particles is significantly greater than the value of the concentration of the adsorbate in the finite bath, while, of course, the net molar flux of the charged adsorbate in the liquid film is equal to zero at equilibrium. This result is very different than that obtained from the conventional model that is currently used to describe the transport of a charged adsorbate in the liquid film for systems involving the adsorption of a charged adsorbate onto the charged surface of nonporous adsorbent particles; the conventional model (i) does not consider the existence of an electrical double layer, (ii) assumes that the transport of the charged adsorbate occurs only by diffusion in the liquid film, and (iii) causes at equilibrium the value of the charged adsorbate in the liquid layer adjacent to the surface of the particles to become equal to the value of the concentration of the charged adsorbate in the liquid of the finite bath. Furthermore, it was found that a maximum can occur in the dynamic behavior of the concentration of the adsorbate in the adsorbed phase when the value of the free molecular diffusion coefficient of the adsorbate is relatively large, because the increased magnitude of the synergistic interplay between the diffusive and electrophoretic molar fluxes of the adsorbate in the liquid film allows the adsorbate to accumulate (to be entrapped) in the liquid layer adjacent to the surface of the adsorbent particles faster than the concentrations of the electrolyte species, whose net molar fluxes are significantly hindered due to their opposing diffusive and electrophoretic molar fluxes, can adjust to account for the change in the surface charge density of the particles that arises from the adsorption of the charged adsorbate. The results presented in this work also have significant implications in finite bath adsorption systems involving the adsorption of a charged adsorbate onto the surface of the pores of charged porous adsorbent particles, because the diffusion and the electrophoretic migration of the charged solutes (cations, anions, and charged adsorbate) in the pores of the adsorbent particles will depend on the dynamic concentration profiles of the charged solutes in the liquid film surrounding the charged porous adsorbent particles. The results of the present work are also used to illustrate how the functioning of the electrical double layer could contribute to the development of inner radial humps (concentration rings) in the concentration of the adsorbate in the adsorbed phase of charged porous adsorbent particles.     

Experimental and computational study of the thermochemistry of the fluoromethylaniline isomers

The standard (po = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation in the condensed phase of seven isomers of fluoromethylaniline were derived from the standard molar energies of combustion, in oxygen, to yield CO2(g), N2(g) and HF.10H2O(l), at T = 298.15 K, measured by rotating bomb combustion calorimetry. The standard molar enthalpies of vaporization or sublimation of these compounds, also at T = 298.15 K, were determined using Calvet microcalorimetry, while the enthalpies of fusion of the solid compounds were determined by differential scanning calorimetry. The standard molar enthalpies of formation in the gaseous phase, at T = 298.15 K, were derived from the former two experimental quantities. G3MP2//B3LYP calculations were performed for all possible fluoromethylanilines allowing the estimation of data for the isomers that were not studied experimentally. The Cox scheme was applied with two different approaches for the estimation of the standard molar enthalpies of formation of all the isomers studied, and this led to the conclusion that the literature values for the enthalpies of formation of the meta and para isomers of methylaniline seem to be not reliable. Further G3MP2//B3LYPs calculations on the methylaniline isomers yielded new values for the standard molar enthalpies of formation of the isomers of methylaniline, which have been tested under the Cox scheme, resulting in better estimates.     

Interfacial microgels formed by oppositely charged polyelectrolytes and surfactants. Part 2. Influence of surfactant chain length and surfactant/polymer ratio

The adsorption and complexation of polystyrene sulfonate (a highly charged anionic polyelectrolyte) and a series of cationic surfactants, alkyltrimethylammonium bromide, CnTAB, n = 8-16, at the air-water interface has been studied by combining surface tension and ellipsometry measurements. We find that increasing the chain length of the surfactant from 8 to 10 carbons leads to a sharp increase in adsorption of PSS/CnTAB complexes. When the surfactant tail length is further increased to 12 and 14 carbons, surface adsorption becomes less favored than macroscopic phase separation, resulting in a partial surface depletion. Furthermore, we find that when surface tensions are plotted against surfactant/monomer molar concentration ratio, all data collapse to a single curve. This result shows that the surfactant-polymer molar ratio, s/p, is a key parameter for tuning the surface activity of the complexes formed.     

Excess Molar Enthalpies of Cyclic Ethers with Cyclohexane, Methylcyclohexane, or Chlorocyclohexane

Excess molar enthalpies for mixtures of tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydropyran, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran or 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran with cyclohexane, methylcyclohexane, or chlorocyclohexane were determined at 25°C. The excess enthalpies are positive for the mixtures containing cyclohexane or methylcyclohexane, but negative for the mixtures containing chlorocyclohexane. The results were used with the Prigogine–Flory–Patterson theory to predict the corresponding excess molar volumes.     

Effect of surfactant structure on the adsorption of carboxybetaines at the air–water interface

In order to study the effect of charge on the adsorption of surfactants at the air–water interface, two carboxybetaines have been synthesized with different number of separation methylenes between their charged groups. After purification and structure confirmation, the equilibrium and dynamic surface tensions were measured as a function of surfactant concentration for both the cationic and neutral forms of the surfactant molecules. The effect of ionic strength on the adsorption process was also studied. The equilibrium surface tension values were interpreted according to the Langmuir model and the dynamic surface tension data, converted to surface concentration by the Langmuir parameters, are consistent with the assumption of diffusion control over the range of surfactant concentrations studied. The diffusion coefficients show a progressive decrease in the rate of adsorption when the number of methylene units between the betaine charged groups increase.     

氯化烷基咪唑系列离子液体标准摩尔燃烧焓和生成焓

用精密氧弹热量计测定了4种离子液体: 氯化1-甲基-3-乙基咪唑(C2MIC), 氯化1-甲基-3-丁基咪唑(C4MIC), 氯化1-甲基-3-戊基咪唑(C5MIC)和氯化1-甲基-3-己基咪唑(C6MIC)的燃烧热, 计算了它们的标准摩尔燃烧焓 和标准摩尔生成焓 , 结合文献中的标准摩尔溶解焓, 估算了烷基咪唑阳离子在水溶液中的标准摩尔生成焓, 以及亚甲基对标准摩尔燃烧焓和标准摩尔生成焓的贡献.     

Energetic study applied to the knowledge of the structural and electronic properties of monofluorobenzonitriles

The present work reports an energetic and structural study of 2-fluoro-, 3-fluoro-, and 4-fluorobenzonitrile. The standard molar enthalpies of formation, in the condensed phase, of the three isomers were derived from the standard molar energies of combustion, in oxygen, at T = 298.15 K. The standard molar enthalpies of vaporization or sublimation (for 4-fluorobenzonitrile), at T = 298.15 K, were measured using high-temperature Calvet microcalorimetry. The combination of these two parameters yields the standard molar enthalpies of formation in the gaseous phase. The vapor-pressure study of the referred compounds was performed by a static method, and the enthalpies of phase transition derived from the application of the Clarke and Glew equation. Theoretically estimated gas-phase enthalpies of formation, basicities, proton and electron affinities, and adiabatic ionization enthalpies were calculated from the G3MP2B3 level of theory. In order to evaluate the electronic properties, the geometries were reoptimized at MP2/cc-pVTZ level, and the QTAIM and NICS were computed. On the basis of the donor-acceptor system, another approach for evaluating the electronic effect for these compounds, using the NBO is suggested. The UV-vis spectroscopy study for the three isomers was performed. The intensities and the band positions were correlated with the thermodynamic properties calculated computationally.     

Experimental and computational investigation of the thermochemistry of the six isomers of dichloroaniline

The standard (p(o) = 0.1 MPa) molar enthalpies of formation of 2,3-, 2,4-, 2,5-, 2,6-, 3,4- and 3,5-dichloroanilines were derived from the standard molar energies of combustion, in oxygen, to yield CO(2)(g), N(2)(g) and HCl.600H(2)O(l), at T = 298.15 K, measured by rotating bomb combustion calorimetry. The Calvet high-temperature vacuum sublimation technique was used to measure the enthalpies of sublimation of the six isomers. These two thermodynamic parameters yielded the standard molar enthalpies of formation of the six isomers of dichloroaniline, in the gaseous phase, at T = 298.15 K. The gas-phase enthalpies of formation were also estimated by G3MP2B3 calculations, which were further extended to the computation of gas-phase acidities, proton affinities, and ionization enthalpies.     

Experimental and predicted excess molar enthalpies for 1,4-dioxane + octane + cyclohexane at 303.15 K

Excess molar enthalpies for the ternary system 1,4-dioxane (1) + n-octane (2) + cyclohexane (3) and for the three constituent binary systems have been measured by a Calvet microcalorimeter at 303.15 K and ambient pressure. The experimental binary results were fitted by the Redlich–Kister equation. The excess molar enthalpies of the ternary system were correlated using the Cibulka equation. The DISQUAC group contribution model was applied to predict the excess molar enthalpy for this mixture.     

Benchmarking thermochemical experiments and calculations of nitrogen-containing substituted adamantanes

Standard molar enthalpy of formation of 2-cyano-adamantane was obtained by using high-precision combustion calorimetry. The standard molar enthalpies of sublimation of 2-cyano-adamantane and 2,2-dinitro-adamantane at 298.15 K were derived from the vapor pressure temperature dependences measured by transpiration. The molar enthalpies of fusion of these compounds were measured with the help of differential scanning calorimetry. Thermochemical data on functional substituted adamantanes containing nitrogen in the substituents were collected and evaluated. The gas-phase enthalpies of formation were calculated with the high-level quantum-chemical method G4 and compared with the experimental results. The consistent data set of the benchmark quality was suggested for practical thermochemical calculations. Geminal destabilizing effects for the interactions of nitro- and cyano-substituents placed in the second position on the adamantane cage were derived. Structure–property correlations for substituted adamantanes and aliphatic substituted alkanes were found and suggested for the assessment of the gas-phase enthalpies of formation of adamantane derivatives.

     

Group additivity values for enthalpies of formation (298 K), entropies (298 K), and molar heat capacities (300 K < T < 1500 K) of gaseous fluorocarbons

A group additivity method was developed to estimate standard enthalpies of formation and standard entropies at 298 K of linear radical and closed-shell, gaseous fluorocarbon neutrals containing four or more carbon atoms. The method can also be used to estimate constant pressure molar heat capacities of the same compounds over the temperature range 300 K to 1500 K. Seventeen groups and seven fluorine–fluorine interaction terms were defined from 12 fluorocarbon molecules. Interaction term values from Yamada and Bozzelli [T. Yamada, J.W. Bozzelli, J. Phys. Chem. A 103 (1999) 7373–7379] were utilized. The enthalpy of formation group values were derived from G3MP2 calculations by Bauschlicher and Ricca [C.W. Bauschlicher, A. Ricca, J. Phys. Chem. A 104 (2000) 4581–4585]. Standard entropy and molar heat capacity group values were estimated from ab initio geometry optimization and frequency calculations at the Hartree–Fock level using the 6-31G(d) basis set. Enthalpies of formation for larger fluorocarbons estimated from the group additivity method compare well to enthalpies of formation found in the literature.