Study by Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Water-in-Oil Emulsions Stabilized by Clays and CTAB

In this work, we have tested various formulations in order to get emulsions containing pure water, Tunisian olive oil, Tunisian clays, and an ammonium salt. Two different types of clays: smectite and kaolinite and the cethyltrimethylamonium bromide (CTAB) were tested. CTAB is used as surfactant and a compound modifying the clays properties. The amount of CTAB being fixed at 0.66 w/w, the proportions of clays were varied from 0 to 9% for each of the following proportions of water: 10, 20, 30%. To the aqueous phase obtained by mixing two separate aqueous phases: water + CTAB and water + clay, the oil was added drop by drop, the agitation being maintained at 5000 rpm. The obtained mixtures were analyzed by Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), optical microscopy and bottle tests. An optimized formulation containing water (30%), smectite clay (5.3%) and CTAB (0.66%) was found to give W/O emulsions which kinetic stability is greater than 75 days regarding coalescence and greater than 700 hours regarding sedimentation.     

从碱性氰化液中萃取低浓度Au(Ⅰ)的放大实验

从碱性氰化液中溶剂萃取分离Au(Ⅰ)是冶金领域研究的热点，一般金浓度为g／L级和毫升规模实验研究，而矿山的氰化槽浸液或堆浸液中金浓度，一般为1～50ppm，本文利用专门设计的搅拌萃取柱，研究了CTAB／TBP(十六烷基三甲基溴化铵／磷酸三丁酯)体系对20L规模低浓度金的萃取，以及载金有机相的反萃取行为。     

TiO2/十六烷基三甲基溴化铵有序交替层状纳米复合薄膜的制备与结构表征

近年来有序交替的层状纳米结构薄膜的制备吸引了研究者们的极大关注. 目前, 这类薄膜的制备方法研究得最多的是LB技术[1～3]、基于化学吸附的自组装成膜技术[4,5]和交替沉积组装技术[6～8]. 但这几种方法都有明显的缺陷[9,10], 其中,通过LB技术制备有序交替层状纳米复合薄膜需要昂贵的仪器, 而且由于层间是分子相互作用, 膜的稳定性较差; 基于化学吸附的自组装成膜技术由于需要高反应活性的分子和特殊的基底表面, 并且由于化学反应的产率很难达到100%, 因此通过这种方法制备结构有序的多层膜并不容易; 利用交替沉积的方法制备出具有实用厚度的纳米多层膜需要耗费大量的时间. 最近, 出现了一种称为蒸发诱导的超分子自组装方法, 由这种方法制备的纳米多层膜具有成膜速度快和膜有序度高等优点, 此外还可以通过改变成膜物质浓度和拉膜速度来控制薄膜的厚度, 但与LB膜相比其厚度无法在分子水平上控制. 利用这种方法制备多层膜目前的文献报道仅限于线形SiO2与有机物的组装[10～13]. 本文利用这种方法制备了TiO2/十六烷基三甲基溴化铵纳米复合薄膜并对其结构进行了表征, 结果表明所制备的薄膜具有TiO2/十六烷基三甲基溴化铵有序交替的层状结构.     

Rheological behavior of an elongated micellar solution at low and high salt concentrations

 The aim of this experimen-tal work is to investigate the mechanism responsible of the decrease of the zero shear viscosity at high inorganic salt content. We report the linear and some nonlinear rheological properties of aqueous worm-like micellar solutions of CTAB containing NaNO₃ salt. The zero-shear viscosity η₀ curve versus salt concentration exhibits a well-defined maximum. We choose two salt concentrations (low and high) having the same zero-shear viscosity, and carefully explore the rheological characteristics and their evolutions in (and around) these two situations. The experimental results presented here, without excluding the possibility of the connections, suggest the possibility that the decreasing of η₀ is a result of the reduction in size of the worm-like micelles. Received: 16 February Accepted: 8 June 1998     

Lamellar phases in mixtures of low molecular weight alkanols and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)

Partial phase diagrams showing the domains of existence of a transparent, viscous, lamellar-structured (D)-phase that transforms reversibly into fluid single phase solutions at high temperature are presented for the system: cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), two low molecular weight alcohols, and water with and without additives. At constant temperature and with a fixed amount of surfactant, the size and location of this phase in the phase diagram depends upon three composition variables: i) the ratio of concentrations of medium chain alcohol to long chain alcohol (R), ii) the ratio of concentrations of medium chain alcohol to surfactant (R), and iii) the concentrations of small amounts (up to 10 % by weight) of additives such as ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, and dimethylformamide, as well as NaBr. Small-angle x-ray scattering measurements of these mixtures reveal a lamellar structure. The observed lamellar repeat distances range from 60 A to 290 Å and depend upon the ratiosR andR and the concentration of the additives. The mechanical and structural properties of theseD-phases can be tuned by adjustingR andR. TheD-phase-to-isotropic transition temperature can be varied from near room temperature to above 80 °C by adjustingR andR.     

四氯化碳-水-十六烷基三甲基溴化铵三元体系凝胶的生成机理初探

自从1921年凝胶首次由小分子制得以来,小分子凝胶研究已经有了一定的进展。特别是近几十年小分子凝胶在医药、化妆品、食品、卫生用品等各个领域应用,被人们广泛关注。但到目前为止,人们对基于表面活性剂的小分子凝胶的结构和生成机理,特别是水、有机溶剂和表面活性剂在形成小分子凝胶过程中的作用仍认识十分有限。可使用水、四氯化碳和三甲基十六烷基溴化铵(CTAB)制出了一种小分子凝胶,并根据滴定和XRD实验结果提出了水和四氯化碳协同增溶表面活性剂CTAB形成凝胶的机理。红外光谱与核磁共振实验结果证明CTAB在凝胶中通过分子堆砌形成准有序结构。     

Effect of cationic and anionic surfactants on the addition–elimination-type interaction between o-toluidine and d-glucose

The kinetics of the o-toluidine–d-glucose reaction has been studied as a function of [o-toluidine], [d-glucose], [acetic acid], and temperature by UV–visible spectrophotometry at 630 nm in the absence and presence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The reaction follows second-order kinetics, being unity in each of the reactants in both media. The effect of added surfactants has also been investigated. The model of micellar catalysis, such as the Menger–Portony model modified by Bunton, is applied to explain the catalytic role of CTAB and SDS micelles. The association/incorporation constants (K _s and K _n), the rate constant in micellar media (k _m), and the activation parameters of this system have been calculated and discussed. The value of the rate constant is found to be higher in SDS than in CTAB. Hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions are responsible for higher reaction rates in SDS. From all observed facts, a reaction mechanism involving a nucleophilic addition–elimination path has been suggested.     

Rapid drug-screening of clandestine tablets by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry

A novel method for the rapid screening of clandestine tablets for drugs by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry is described. In this method, cetrimonium bromide (CTAB), a surfactant, is added to the conventional α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid (CHCA) matrix solution used in preparing the MALDI samples. This procedure allows very clean mass spectra to be collected for amphetamine, methamphetamine, 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), caffeine, ketamine and tramadol. The method was used successfully in the rapid drug-screening of some actual clandestine tablets, which had been seized from the illicit market, and can serve as a good complementary method to GC/MS for use in forensic analysis.     

硒化银纳米枝晶的合成与表征(英)

Silver selenide nanodendrites were synthesized by the reaction of AgNO₃ and sodium selenosulfate in the presence of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB). The as-synthesized sivler selenide samples were characterized by XRD, TEM and SAED. The results showed that Ag₂Se nanodendrites were of single crystalline with diameters ranging from 60～150 nm.     

Anatase TiO2 porous thin films prepared by sol-gel method using CTAB surfactant

Anatase TiO₂ porous thin films were prepared on glass substrates by sol-gel method with Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide (CTAB) as a pore-forming agent, Tetrabutylorthotitanate as Ti precursor, ethanol as solvent and diethanolamine as chelating agent respectively. IR, TG-DSC, XRD and SEM analyzed the chemical and physical changes during sol-gel process and characteristics of the films. Effects of the amount of CTAB, alkane and water on morphology of the films were discussed and the principle of forming porous structure was proposed. It was shown that the diameter of pores was changed in the range of 30–400 nm.