Effect of head group polarity and spacer chain length on the aggregation properties of gemini surfactants in an aquatic environment

The aggregation behavior of cationic gemini surfactants with respect to variation in head group polarity and spacer length is studied through conductance, surface tension, viscosity, and small-angle neutron-scattering (SANS) measurements. The critical micellar concentration (cmc), average degree of micelle ionization (beta(ave)), minimum area per molecule of surfactant at the air-water interface (A(min)), surface excess concentration (gamma(max)), and Gibb's free energy of micellization (delta G(mic)) of the surfactants were determined from conductance and surface tension data. The aggregation numbers (N), dimensions of micelles (b/a), effective fractional charge per monomer (alpha), and hydration of micelles (h(E)) were determined from SANS and viscosity data, respectively. The increasing head group polarity of gemini surfactant with spacer chain length of 4 methylene units promotes micellar growth, leading to a decrease in cmc, beta(ave), and delta G(mic) and an increase in N and b/a. This is well supported by the observed increase in hydration (h(E)) of micelles with increase in aggregation number (N) and dimension (b/a) of micelle.     

自由能微扰法研究系列烷基芳基磺酸盐的胶束化焓-熵补偿现象

为了研究不同结构的表面活性剂分子在水溶液中的胶束化焓-熵补偿现象, 采用自由能微扰(FEP)法计算了系列烷基芳基磺酸盐的溶剂化自由能, 并根据胶团化过程的质量作用模型讨论了相关热力学性质. 结果表明: 自由能微扰法得到的溶剂化自由能大小与用传统热力学表面张力法测定的吉布斯自由能相近, 能够用于比较不同结构的烷基芳基磺酸盐间胶束化能力; 烷基芳基磺酸盐在水溶液中的胶束化过程是自发进行的, 且存在焓-熵补偿现象, 补偿温度范围均在(302±2) K; 随着分子结构中芳环向长烷基链中间位置移动, 胶束化能力和胶束的稳定性均下降; 而随着芳环上短烷基链或长烷基链碳数的增加, 形成胶束的能力与稳定性均提高.     

稳态荧光探针研究支链烷基苯磺酸钠的聚集行为

以芘为荧光探针、二苯酮为猝灭剂,用稳态荧光探针法测定了合成的4种带干扰基(磺酸基邻位的短链烷基)的支链烷基苯磺酸钠的临界胶团浓度、合适猝灭剂浓度下的胶团聚集数以及在不同浓度氯化钠水溶液中的胶团聚集数.结果表明,支链烷基苯磺酸钠分子中长链烷基碳数增加,临界胶团浓度大幅度降低,胶团聚集数减小;分子中短链烷基碳数增加,临界胶团浓度降低幅度小,胶团聚集数增大;胶团聚集数随氯化钠浓度增大而增大.     

Aggregation of Sodium 2,4,5-(tri-n-Alkyl)-benzene Sulfonates in Aqueous Solution: Micellization and Microenvironment Characteristics Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Steady-State Fluorescence Quenching

The aggregation behaviors and microenvironmental characteristics of five sodium tri-n-alkylbenzene sulfonates (STABS) micelles have been investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and steady-state fluorescence quenching (SSFQ) techniques. The results indicated that the micropolarity of STABS micelles was less sensitive to the increase of the alkyl chain length, and showed slight decrease with the increasing solution concentration. The microviscosity of STABS micelles increased with the increase of the long alkyl chain length, decreased with the increase of the short alkyl chain length, and exhibited little increase when increase the solution concentration. The salinity of added inorganic salt exhibited obvious effect on the decrease of micropolarity and increase of microviscosity of STABS. These results suggested that these different alkyl chains showed different effects on the micellization of STABS and the salinity's effect was even bigger.     

稳态荧光探针法研究烷基苄基聚氧乙烯醚丙烷磺酸钠的聚集行为

以芘为荧光探针、二苯甲酮为猝灭剂,用稳态荧光探针法测定了合成的3种高纯的烷基苄基聚氧乙烯醚丙烷磺酸钠的临界胶束浓度、不同表面活性剂浓度下的胶团聚集数和胶团微极性.研究了链长变化对烷基苄基聚氧乙烯醚丙烷磺酸钠聚集性质的影响.考察了胶团聚集数的浓度效应,并由胶团聚集数与表面活性剂浓度关系方程外推求得了它们各自的临界胶束聚集数.     

Analysis of interfacial and micellar behavior of sodium dioctyl sulphosuccinate salt (AOT) with zwitterionic surfactants in aqueous media

The interfacial and bulk properties of mixtures of the anionic surfactant (dioctyl sulphosuccinate sodium salt, AOT) with zwitterionic surfactants 3-(N,N-dimethyldodecylammonio) propane sulfonate (DPS), 3-(N,N-dimethyltetradecylammonio) propane sulfonate (TPS), 3-(N,N-dimethylhexadecylammonio) propane sulfonate (HPS) have been studied employing surface tension, fluorescence, and viscometric techniques in aqueous media at 25 °C. It is observed that these mixtures exhibit synergism and these synergistic interactions increase with the enhancement of the hydrocarbon chain of the zwitterionic surfactant. The various physicochemical properties such as critical micelle concentration (cmc), surface excess concentration (Г(max)), minimum area per molecule (A(min)), aggregation number (N(agg)), interaction parameters (β(σ), β(m)), and thermodynamic parameters such as standard Gibbs free energy of adsorption (ΔG(ads)(o)), excess free energy of micellization (ΔG(ex)), and standard Gibbs free energy of micellization (ΔG(m)(o)) have been evaluated. The negative values of ΔG(m)(o) and ΔG(ads)(o) show that the micelle formation and adsorption of surfactant at the air/solution interface is energetically favorable, while a negative value of ΔG(ex) ensures stability of the mixed micelles formed. The Regular Solution Approximation, Motomura and Rosen's approaches have been used to explain and compare the results. The packing parameter (p) ensures the formation of vesicles or bilayers for AOT+DPS/TPS mixtures, which can potentially be used as delivery agents for industrial applications.     

Phenyl-ring-bearing cationic surfactants: effect of ring location on the micellar structure

A series of isomeric cationic surfactants (S1-S5) bearing a long alkyl chain that carries a 1,4-phenylene unit and a trimethyl ammonium headgroup was synthesized; the location of the phenyl ring within the alkyl tail was varied in an effort to understand its influence on the amphiphilic properties of the surfactants. The cmc's of the surfactants were estimated using ionic conductivity measurements and isothermal calorimetric titrations (ITC); the values obtained by the two methods were found to be in excellent agreement. The ITC measurements provided additional insight into the various thermodynamic parameters associated with the micellization process. Although all five surfactants have exactly the same molecular formula, their micellar properties were seen to vary dramatically depending on the location of the phenyl ring; the cmc was seen to decrease by almost an order of magnitude when the phenyl ring was moved from the tail end (cmc of S1 is 23 mM) to the headgroup region (cmc of S5 is 3 mM). In all cases, the enthalpy of micellization was negative but the entropy of micellization was positive, suggesting that in all of these systems the formation of micelles is both enthalpically and entropically favored. As expected, the decrease in cmc values upon moving the phenyl ring from the tail end to the headgroup region is accompanied by an increase in the thermodynamic driving force (ΔG) for micellization. To understand further the differences in the micellar structure of these surfactants, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements were carried out; these measurements reveal that the aggregation number of the micelles increases as the cmc decreases. This increase in the aggregation number is also accompanied by an increase in the asphericity of the micellar aggregate and a decrease in the fractional charge. Geometric packing arguments are presented to account for these changes in aggregation behavior as a function of phenyl ring location.     

Micellization in sodium deoxycholate solutions

NMR self-diffusion, tensiometry, and measurement of solubilization capacity are employed to comparatively study micellization in aqueous solutions of a facial amphiphilic compound, sodium deoxycholate (NaDC), and a conventional micelle-forming sodium dodecyl sulfate. Based on the two-state model, which is commonly used to analyze the data of NMR diffusometry, a method is proposed for determining variable sizes of NaDC micelles. It is shown that, in the concentration range from the critical micelle concentration to 0.1 M, the sizes of NaDC micelles monotonically increase. At comparable sizes of molecules of the examined surfactants, NaDC micelles are characterized by noticeably smaller aggregation numbers and solubilization capacity than sodium dodecyl sulfate due to the rigid structure of NaDC molecules, their facial amphiphilicity, and a low value of hydrophilic-lipophilic balance.     

Sugar-based gemini surfactants with peptide bonds-synthesis, adsorption, micellization, and biodegradability

The sugar-based gemini surfactant with peptide bonds, N,N'-bisalkyl-N,N'-bis[2-(lactobionylamide)ethyl]hexanediamide (2C(n)peLac, in which n represents hydrocarbon chain lengths of 12 and 16), was synthesized by reacting adipoyl chloride with the corresponding monomeric surfactant N-alkyl-N'-lactobionylethylenediamine (C(n)peLac), which was obtained by reacting ethylenediamine with alkyl bromide and lactobionic acid. The adsorption and micellization properties of C(n)peLac and 2C(n)peLac were characterized by the measurement of their equilibrium and dynamic surface tension, steady-state fluorescence using pyrene as a probe, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and time-resolved fluorescence quenching (TRFQ), and their biodegradability was also investigated. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) decreases with an increase in the hydrocarbon chains from monomeric to gemini surfactants, whereas it increases with an increase in the chain length from 12 to 16 for both systems. The increases in both the hydrocarbon chain and the chain length of sugar-based surfactants reduce surface activities such as the ability to lower the surface tension, the occupied area per molecule, and the adsorption rate at the air/water interface. The sugar-based surfactants C(n)peLac and 2C(n)peLac exhibit unique aggregation behavior in aqueous solution. The DLS results indicate that the apparent hydrodynamic diameter of C(n)peLac micelles decreases sharply with increasing concentration, whereas that of 2C(n)peLac micelles decreases gradually. From the TRFQ measurement, it was observed that, as concentration increases, the aggregation numbers are almost constant for C(n)peLac, whereas they increase for 2C(n)peLac. These results imply that loosely packed micelles formed by sugar-based surfactants become tightly packed micelles as the concentration increases. Furthermore, it was found that 2C(n)peLac shows lower biodegradability than does C(n)peLac because it contains tertiary amines in the molecule.     

Studies of synergism for lowering dynamic interfacial tension in sodium alpha-(n-alkyl) naphthalene sulfonate/alkali/acidic oil systems

Alkylnaphthalene sulfonates with high purity were selected as model components to research synergism for lowering interfacial tension (IFT) in surfactant/alkali/acidic oil systems. The dynamic IFTs between alkylnaphthalene sulfonates with different alkyl chain length and n-decane, oleic acid model oil, or Shengli crude oil were measured. The results showed that the alkylnaphthalene sulfonates with different alkyl chain lengths had different synergism with different acidic components and their ionized acids under the same conditions. The synergism for lowering dynamic IFT in alkylnaphthalene sulfonate/alkali/acidic oil systems was controlled by alkylnaphthalene sulfonate concentration, alkyl chain length, alkali concentration, alkali type, and oleic acid concentration: optimal physicochemical conditions were necessary to the best synergism. This indicates that the synergism among added surfactant acidic components in crude oil and their ionized acids is controlled by the ratio of their interfacial concentrations.     

低碳醇对季铵盐二聚表面活性剂C_(12)-2-C_(12)·2Br胶团化行为的影响

随着丙、丁、戊、已醇的加入，与季铵盐二聚表面活性剂C_(12)-2-C_(12)· 2Br组成了混合胶团，醇分子以烷烃链插入胶团中，羟基则位于胶团栅栏层处。这 减弱了表面活性剂离子头基间的静电排斥力，使临界胶团浓度(cmc)降低，同时使 胶团表面反离子解离度增大。随着醇分子的烷烃链增长，这种影响更为显著。     

Micellization in aqueous solutions of mixed surfactants containing alkylpolyglucosides

Tensometry is used to find the dependences of critical micelle concentration in aqueous solutions on the composition of mixed systems comprising anionic surfactants (alkyl sulfates and individual sodium soaps) and alkylpolyglucosides. Mixed micellization is revealed and the compositions of micelles and the parameters of intermolecular interaction are calculated. The average hydrodynamic diameter of micelles is measured by dynamic light scattering.     

稳态荧光猝灭法确定胶束聚集数的研究

选用芘作为荧光探针, 二苯酮作为猝灭剂, 以稳态荧光猝灭法测定了十二烷基硫酸钠、十二烷基磺酸钠和十六烷基三甲基演化铵的胶束聚集致, 并对其测定胶束聚集数方法的有效范围进行了讨论. 实验结果表明, 选择的探针-猝灭剂体系适用于稳态荧光猝灭法确定阴离子和阳离子表面活性剂的胶束浓度和聚集数.     

A small-angle neutron scattering study of sodium dodecyl sulfate-poly(propylene oxide) methacrylate mixed micelles

Mixed micelle of protonated or deuterated sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS and SDSd25, respectively) and poly(propylene oxide) methacrylate (PPOMA) are studied by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). In all the cases the scattering curves exhibit a peak whose position changes with the composition of the system. The main parameters which characterize mixed micelles, i.e., aggregation numbers of SDS and PPOMA, geometrical dimensions of the micelles and degree of ionisation are evaluated from the analysis of the SANS curves. The position q(max) of the correlation peak can be related to the average aggregation numbers of SDS-PPOMA and SDSd25-PPOMA mixed micelles. It is found that the aggregation number of SDS decreases upon increasing the weight ratio PPOMA/SDS (or SDSd25). The isotopic combination, which uses the "contrast effect" between the two micellar systems, has allowed us to determine the mixed micelle composition. Finally, the SANS curves were adjusted using the RMSA for the structure factor S(q) of charged spherical particles and the form factor P(q) of spherical core-shell particle. This analysis confirms the particular core-shell structure of the SDS-PPOMA mixed micelle, i.e., a SDS "core" micelle surrounded by the shell formed by PPOMA macromonomers. The structural parameters of mixed micelles obtained from the analysis of the SANS data are in good agreement with those determined previously by conductimetry and fluorescence studies.     

Adsorption and Micellization Properties of Novel Heterodouble‐Chained N‐Acyltaurate Surfactants

A set of heterodouble‐chained N‐acyltaurate surfactants (abbreviated as m+nP‐T, where m and n were carbon numbers of alkyl chain; P was phenyl; T was taurate) were synthesized. The novel amphiphiles contained sodium taurine as hydrophilic moiety and two different hydrocarbon chains as hydrophobic moiety. One was a long alkyl chain, and the other had an aromatic residue. Their surface properties were determined by Wilhelmy‐plate method, and micellization properties were investigated by fluorescence spectra of extrinsic probe and intrinsic probe. It was found that these surfactants showed some aberrant properties. It was difficult to obtain the equilibrium surface tension and critical micelle concentration (cmc) for the surfactants with two long chains. Pyrene was solubilized in micelle at concentration above cmc, and the fluorescent intensity ratio of the first vibronic peak (373 nm) to the third vibronic peak (383 nm) of pyrene decreased gradually. The aggregation number N, characterized by quenching the phenoxyl residue with methyl viologen (MV²⁺) as the extrinsic quencher, gradually increased with increasing surfactant concentration. These indicated that more and more molecules packed in a micelle with increasing concentration.     

PHOTOLUMINESCENT PROPERTIES OF OCTADECYLRHODAMINE B IN MICELLES OF LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT DETERGENTS AND WATER-SOLUBLE TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS

The fluorescence intensity, lifetime and degree of polarization of octadecylrhodamine B (ORB) have been measured in order to examine the usefulness of this molecule as a probe of micelle properties for low-molecular-weight detergents and water-soluble triblock copolymers. The surfactants examined are hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (HTAC), Triton X-100 (TX-100), sodium dode-cylsulfate (SDS), sodium tetradecylsulfate (STS), and Pluronic L64 (ethylene oxide [EO]₁₃ propylene oxide₃₀ EO₁₃, L64). The fluorescence intensity and degree of polarization of ORB show drastic increases at the critical micelle concentrations (CMC) of HTAC, TX-100 and L64, indicating that ORB is cooperatively incorporated into the micelles upon micellization. This feature demonstrates the validity of ORB as a probe for detecting micelle formation of these surfactants. However, in the case of SDS and STS, the fluorescence intensity starts to rise at concentrations far below the CMC, and the degree of polarization does not show significant changes at the CMC. The details of the interactions between ORB and the anionic surfactants have been unclear. These facts imply that some caution is needed for the applications of ORB to the systems containing anionic surfactants. The local viscosity of L64 micelles has been determined by polarization and lifetime measurements. The structure of the block copolymer micelles and the locations of the probe in the micelles are discussed in terms of the viscosity data.     

Structure of nonionic surfactant micelles in the ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate

The structure of micelles formed by nonionic polyoxyethylene alkyl ether nonionic surfactants, C n E m , in the room-temperature ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate (EAN), has been determined by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) as a function of alkyl and ethoxy chain length, concentration, and temperature. Micelles are found to form for all alkyl chains from dodecyl through to octadecyl. Dodecyl-chained surfactants have high critical micelle concentrations, around 1 wt%, and form weakly structured micelles. Surfactants with longer alkyl chains readily form micelles in EAN. The observed micelle structure changes systematically with alkyl and ethoxy chain length, in parallel with observations in aqueous solutions. Decreasing ethoxy chain length at constant alkyl chain length leads to a sphere to rod transition. These micelles also grow into rods with increasing temperature as their cloud point is approached in EAN.     

Micellar Behavior of Polystyrene-Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Diblock Copolymers in Aqueous Media: Effect of Copolymer Composition,Temperature, Salt,and Surfactants

Formation and structure of micelles from two amphiphilic polystyrene-block-poly(ethylene oxide) (PS-PEO) diblock copolymers (PS mol.wt. 1000; PEO mol.wt. 3000 and 5000) were examined by surface tension, viscosity, steady state fluorescence, dynamic light scattering (DLS), small angle neutron scattering (SANS), and cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of the copolymers in aqueous solution was ca. 0.05%; micelle hydrodynamic diameter was 30–35 nm with a narrow size distribution. SANS studies show that the copolymers form ellipsoidal micelles with semi major axis ～23 nm and semi minor axis ～8 nm. No significant change in the structure was found with temperature and presence of salt. The copolymer micelles interaction with the ionic surfactants sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) was also examined by DLS and SANS.     

Thermodynamics of micellization of multiheaded single-chain cationic surfactants

The energetics of micelle formation of three single-chain cationic surfactants bearing single (h = 1), double (h = 2), and triple (h = 3) trimethylammonium [(+)N(CH(3))(3)] headgroups have been investigated by microcalorimetry. The results were compared with the microcalorimetric data obtained from well-known cationic surfactant, cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), bearing a single chain and single headgroup. The critical micellar concentrations (cmc's) and the degrees of counterion dissociation (alpha) of micelles of these surfactants were also determined by conductometry. The cmc and the alpha values increased with the increase in the number of headgroups of the surfactant. The relationship between the cmc of the surfactant in solution and its free energy of micellization (DeltaG(m)) was derived for each surfactant. Exothermic enthalpies of micellization (DeltaH(m)) and positive entropies of micellization (DeltaS(m)) were observed for all the surfactants. Negative DeltaH(m) values increased from CTAB to h = 1 to h = 2 and decreased for h = 3 whereas DeltaS(m) values decreased with increase in the number of headgroups. The DeltaG(m) values progressively became less negative with the increase in the number of headgroups. This implies that micelle formation becomes progressively less favorable as more headgroups are incorporated in the surfactant. From the steady-state fluorescence measurements using pyrene as a probe, the micropolarities sensed by the probe inside various micelles were determined. These studies suggest that the micelles are more hydrated with multiheaded surfactants and the micropolarity of micelles increases with the increase in the number of headgroups.     

Unlike surfactant–polymer interactions of sodium dodecyl sulfate and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate with water-soluble polymers

Single and mixed micelle formation by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS) and their mixtures in pure water and in the presence of water-soluble polymers such as Synperonic 85 (triblock polymer, TBP), hydroxypropylcellulose (HPC), and carboxymethylcellulose sodium salt (CMC) were studied with the help of conductivity, pyrene fluorescence, cyclic voltammetry, and viscosity measurements. Conductivity measurements showed a single aggregation process for pure surfactants and their mixtures both in pure water as well as in the presence of water-soluble polymers. Triple breaks corresponding to two aggregation processes for SDS, SDBS, and their mixture in the presence of TBP were observed from fluorescence measurements. The first one demonstrated the critical aggregation process due to the adsorption of surfactant monomers on TBP macromolecule. The second one was attributed to the participation of surfactant–polymer aggregates formed at the first one, in the micelle formation process. The aggregation number ( N _agg) of single and mixed micelles and diffusion coefficient ( D) of electroactive probe were computed from the fluorescence and cyclic voltammetry measurements, respectively. Both parameters, along with the viscosity results, indicated stronger SDS–polymer interactions in comparison to SDBS–polymer interactions. Mixed surfactant–polymer interactions showed compensating effects of both pure surfactants. The nature of mixed micelles was found to be ideal in all cases, as evaluated by applying the regular solution and Motomura's approximations.