含有酰胺基或酯基的可降解阳离子Gemini表面活性剂在水溶液中的聚集行为

In the last thirty years, Gemini surfactants with various structures have been designed, synthesized, and demonstrated to show superior physicochemical properties. However, the utilization of non-degradable surfactants, including these Gemini surfactants, poses a threat to the environment; hence, degradable Gemini surfactants are desirable. Herein, biodegradable cationic Gemini surfactants with amide or ester groups in the hydrophobic chains or the spacer were synthesized. A monomeric surfactant containing an amide group and a Gemini surfactant with amide groups both in the hydrophobic chains and the spacer were synthesized for comparison. The effects of amide group location on the aggregation behavior of Gemini surfactants were studied systematically. The differences between the Gemini surfactants with amide groups and Gemini surfactants with ester groups were evaluated by comparing their aggregation behavior and hydrogen bonding formation. The Gemini surfactants with amide groups (C₁₂A-C_n-AC₁₂) in the chains showed much larger exothermic ΔH_mic and more negative ΔG_mic values than those of the corresponding monomeric surfactant C₁₂A; besides, their critical micelle concentration (cmc) was more than one order of magnitude lower than that of C₁₂A. The amide groups located in the hydrophobic alkyl chains promoted hydrogen bonding formation and self-assembly of the Gemini surfactants C₁₂A-C_n-AC₁₂. Moreover, ¹H NMR spectra revealed that the co-effect of a short spacer and hydrogen bonding leads to slow exchange of the C₁₂A-C₂-AC₁₂ molecules between the monomer and the aggregate. For the Gemini surfactant series C₁₂-AC_nA-C₁₂, the amide groups notably increased the spacer length, and largest cmc value and smallest exothermic ΔH_mic value were observed for C₁₂-AC₂A-C₁₂ instead of C₁₂-AC₆A-C₁₂. In C₁₂-AC₁₂A-C₁₂, the spacer was long and sufficiently flexible to adopt a "U"-shaped conformation above the cmc, and it acted as the hydrophobic part of the surfactant, as confirmed by ¹H NMR spectra. Among the Gemini surfactant with amide groups in both the spacer and the hydrophobic alkyl chains, C₁₂A-AC₆A-AC₁₂ had a smaller cmc and I₁/I₃ ratio as well as more exothermic ΔH_mic values than those of C₁₂A-C₆-AC₁₂ and C₁₂-AC₆A-C₁₂. ¹H NMR spectra indicated that an ester-alcohol structural equilibrium exists during aggregation for the Gemini surfactants with ester groups. In addition, the Gemini surfactants with ester groups formed water-mediated hydrogen bonds in the aggregates. This water-mediated hydrogen bonding between ester groups was weaker than the direct hydrogen bonding between amide groups. Therefore, the Gemini surfactants with ester groups, C₁₂E-C₆-EC₁₂ and C₁₂-EC₆E-C₁₂, exhibited lower surface activity, a larger micelle ionization degree, higher micropolarity, and smaller exothermic ΔH_mic and less negative ΔG_mic values than their counterparts with amide groups, C₁₂A-C₆-AC₁₂ and C₁₂-AC₆A-C₁₂.     

阴离子Gemini表面活性剂在油/水界面行为的分子动力学模拟

采用分子动力学方法研究了磺酸盐型阴离子Gemini表面活性剂在油/水界面的吸附行为, 考察了不同长度的连接基(Spacer)对表面活性剂在界面的聚集形态及界面性质的影响. 密度分布和微观结构信息显示, Gemini表面活性剂能在油/水界面形成单层膜结构. Gemini表面活性剂能使油/水界面的厚度显著增大, 并使界面形成能降低. 当连接基为6个碳时, 此类磺酸盐型Gemini表面活性剂的界面厚度最大, 形成的界面最稳定. 连接基长度对Gemini表面活性剂单层膜周围的水分子和Na⁺的吸附结构影响不大, 但是能影响水分子的扩散行为.     

Gemini表面活性剂与DNA在气/液界面上的相互作用

在气/液界面上, 阳离子表面活性剂可以通过静电作用与阴离子型的脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)分子形成复合膜, 并压缩沉积得到LB(Langmuir-Blodget)膜. 利用表面压-表面积(π-A)曲线、原子力显微镜(AFM)和石英晶体微天平(QCM)研究了阳离子Gemini表面活性剂([C₁₈H₃₇(CH₃)₂N⁺-(CH₂)_s-N⁺(CH₃)₂C₁₈H₃₇]·2Br^-, 简写为18-s-18, s=3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12)与DNA(双链DNA(dsDNA), 单链DNA(ssDNA))之间的相互作用, 并对18-s-18在不同下相表面的分子面积进行了比较. 实验结果表明连接基团和下相的DNA对Gemini表面活性剂在气/液界面上的性质有很大影响. 此外, Gemini表面活性剂在界面上对DNA的吸附能力与它们之间的相互作用方式密切相关.     

乙醇/水混合溶剂中Gemini表面活性剂的表面性质

通过对Gemini表面活性剂12-s-12 (Et)(s=4, 6, 8, 10, 12)体系在乙醇/水混合溶剂中的表面张力曲线的测定, 对该体系的表面性质进行了研究. 发现随乙醇/水比例变化, Gemini各种表面化学性质, 如临界胶束浓度(cmc)、表面张力(γcmc)、饱和吸附量(Γmax)和最小分子占有面积(Amin)等的变化规律. 拓展了Gemini表面活性剂在混合溶剂中表面吸附的研究.     

Synthesis and Applications of Alkylbenzene Sulfonate Gemini Surfactants

A series of anionic Gemini surfactants with the same structure except for the spacer and side chain length of the alkylbenzene sulfonate were synthesized based on dodecyl benzene and toluene. The structures of the compounds were confirmed by infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and elemental analyses. The effect of spacer and side chain length on the interfacial tension of Gemini surfactant solution was investigated by comparison of the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the surfactants in aqueous solution using the drop volume method, and the surface tension at the cmc (γcmc). The Gemini surfactant with the best properties was used as emulsifier in emulsion polymerization of methyl methacrylate, and its foam stability was also determined.     

Area per surfactant molecule values of gemini surfactants at the liquid-hydrophobic solid interface

Areas per surfactant molecule at the liquid/hydrophobic solid (A(LS)) and the liquid/air (A(LA)) interface as a function of the spacer length are reported for cationic gemini surfactants having (CH2)n spacer s. A(LA) increases with increasing spacer length up to 6-8 CH2 groups in the spacer and then levels off. A(LS) values indicate a more closely packed arrangement of the surfactant molecules than that at the liquid/air interface. Comparison of A(LA) and A(LS) values indicates that the surfactant molecules at the liquid/hydrophobic solid interface are almost three times as closely packed as those at the liquid/air interface. A comparison of the experimental values of the area per surfactant molecule at both interfaces was made with those calculated from dimensions of the surfactant molecule in vacuo.     

Polymerizable cationic gemini surfactant

A polymerizable cationic gemini surfactant, [CH(2)=C(CH(3))COO(CH(2))(11)N(+)CH(3))(2)CH(2)](2).2Br(-), 1 has been synthesized and its basic interfacial properties were investigated (in water and in the presence of 0.05 M NaBr). For comparison, the properties of monomeric surfactant corresponding to 1, CH(2)=C(CH(3))COO(CH(2))(11)N(+)(CH(3))(3).Br(-), 2, were also investigated. Parameters studied include cmc (critical micelle concentration), C(20) (required to reduce the surface tension of the solvent by 20 mN/m), gamma(cmc) (the surface tension at the cmc), Gamma(cmc) (the maximum surface excess concentration at the air/water interface), A(min) (the minimum area per surfactant molecule at the air/water interface), and cmc/C(20) ratio (a measure of the tendency to form micelles relative to adsorb at the air/water interface). For the polymerizable gemini surfactant, 1, the methacryloxy groups at the terminal of each hydrophobic group in a molecule have no contact with the air/water interface in the monolayer, whereas for the corresponding monomeric surfactant, 2, the methacryloxy group contacts at the interface forming a looped configuration like a bolaamphiphile. Polymerized micelles of the gemini surfactant are fairly small monodisperse and spherical particles with a mean diameter of 3 nm.     

光敏季铵盐Gemini表面活性剂a4-6-m在气/液界面的吸附

合成了3种不对称结构的季铵盐Gemini表面活性剂a4-6-m, 分子的一根疏水链是偶氮苯为端基的4个亚甲基链, 另一根是不同长度的脂肪链(m=12, 14, 16). 研究结果表明, 反式偶氮苯封端的a4-6-m在气/液界面上以直立方式排列, 偶氮苯端基间的π-π相互作用导致吸附分子较为紧密地排列, 但吸附层外表面含有偶氮苯成分使临界胶束浓度(cmc)时的表面张力(γcmc)较大. 紫外光激发使反式结构偶氮苯变为顺式结构, 这些极性较强的顺式偶氮苯夹杂在直立的烷烃链间, 增强的偶极-偶极相互作用促进了分子紧密排列, 使分子占据面积(Amin)略微减小. 增长脂肪链长度有助于降低临界胶团浓度和C20(使水的表面张力降低20 mN·m-1时所需的表面活性剂浓度), 但对γcmc影响不大.     

Adsorption behavior of hydrophobin and hydrophobin/surfactant mixtures at the solid-solution interface

The adsorption of surface-active protein hydrophobin, HFBII, and HFBII/surfactant mixtures at the solid-solution interface has been studied by neutron reflectivity, NR. At the hydrophilic silicon surface, HFBII adsorbs reversibly in the form of a bilayer at the interface. HFBII adsorption dominates the coadsorption of HFBII with cationic and anionic surfactants hexadecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide, CTAB, and sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, at concentrations below the critical micellar concentration, cmc, of conventional cosurfactants. For surfactant concentrations above the cmc, HFBII/surfactant solution complex formation dominates and there is little HFBII adsorption. Above the cmc, CTAB replaces HFBII at the interface, but for SDS, there is no affinity for the anionic silicon surface hence there is no resultant adsorption. HFBII adsorbs onto a hydrophobic surface (established by an octadecyl trimethyl silane, OTS, layer on silicon) irreversibly as a monolayer, similar to what is observed at the air-water interface but with a different orientation at the interface. Below the cmc, SDS and CTAB have little impact upon the adsorbed layer of HFBII. For concentrations above the cmc, conventional surfactants (CTAB and SDS) displace most of the HFBII at the interface. For nonionic surfactant C(12)E(6), the pattern of adsorption is slightly different, and although some coadsorption at the interface takes place, C(12)E(6) has little impact on the HFBII adsorption.     

Structural effects on surface and micellar properties of alkanediyl-alpha, omega-bis(sodium N-acyl-beta-alaninate) gemini surfactants

A study of the equilibrium surface properties (in water and in the presence of 0.01 M NaCl) of a novel series of anionic gemini surfactants, alkanediyl-alpha,omega-bis(sodium N-acyl-beta-alaninates), is described. Parameters studied include cmc (critical micelle concentration), C20 (required to reduce the surface tension of the solvent by 20 mN/m), gamma(cmc) (the surface tension at the cmc), Gamma(max) (the maximum surface excess concentration at the air/aqueous solution interface), Amin (the minimum area per surfactant molecule at the air/water interface), and the cmc/C20 ratio (a measure of the tendency to form micelles relative to adsorb at the air/water interface). The geminis with a spacer consisting of two methylene groups show premicellar self-aggregation, both in water and in 0.01 M NaCl, when the N-acyl group contains more than 12 carbon atoms; geminis with a spacer consisting of four methylene groups show no premicellar aggregation even when the N-acyl group contains 16 carbon atoms. For the acyl chain lengths where premicellar aggregation does not occur, the values of the cmc of the geminis with a two-methylene spacer are lower than those for the corresponding analogous geminis with a four-methylene spacer. The premicellar formation for the geminis with a two-methylene spacer is due to the short-chain linkage. The geminis show little or no break in their specific conductance-surfactant molar concentration plots and an increase in the pH at the cmc. This is attributed to protonation of the carboxylate group and strong Na+ release during micellization.     

Molecular dynamics study of surfactant monolayers adsorbed at the oil/water and air/water interfaces

Atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been carried out to investigate the physical properties of monolayers of monododecyl diethylene glycol (C(12)E(2)) surfactants adsorbed at the oil/water and air/water interfaces. The study shows that the surfactant molecules exhibit more extended conformations with a consequent increase of the thickness of the monolayer in the presence of the oil medium. It is noticed that the hydrocarbon tails of the surfactants are more vertically oriented at the oil/water interface. Interestingly, we notice that the presence of the oil medium has a strong influence in restricting both the translational and reorientational motions of the water molecules present in the hydration layer close to the surfactant headgroups.     

pH-responsive surface activity and solubilization with novel pyrrolidone-based Gemini surfactants

A new series of pH-responsive Gemini surfactants with 2-pyrrolidone head groups, N,N'-dialkyl-N,N'-di(ethyl-2-pyrrolidone)ethylenediamine (Di-C(n)P, where n = 6, 8 10, 12), were synthesized and characterized by (1)H NMR, (13)C NMR, ESI-MS, and elemental analysis. The surface activity and micellization behavior at acidic, neutral, and basic conditions were characterized by equilibrium surface tension and fluorescence techniques. It was found that the surface activity of Di-C(n)P depends on the pH of aqueous solutions due to the protonation state of surfactant molecules when pH was varied. The new compounds have lower cmc and γ(cmc) in comparison with that of m-2-m type conventional cationic Gemini surfactants and gluconamide-type nonionic Gemini surfactants. Fluorescence data confirm that micelles are formed when the concentration is above the cmc. Since micellization is of fundamental importance in surfactant applications such as solubilization, microemulsion, and related technologies, the significant difference in cmc at different pH of this new Gemini surfactant is employed to solubilize cyclohexane. The preliminary result indeed shows that the solubilization capacity of Di-C(n)P can be tuned by pH.     

Gemini表面活性剂烷烃尾链在吸附和聚集过程中的疏水协同效应(英文)

以表面张力法测定了系列Gemini表面活性剂m-6-m以及对应单体表面活性剂CmTABr的临界胶束浓度(cmc)和降低水表面张力20mN·m-1需要的浓度(pC20).比较这些参数表明m-6-m胶束化和在界面吸附的能力均强于CmTABr,这被归结为Gemini表面活性剂烷烃尾链间的疏水协同效应.与不对称Gemini表面活性剂12-6-m比较,对称的Gemini结构更有利于表面活性剂的聚集和吸附.     

Monolayer of aerosol-OT surfactants adsorbed at the air/water interface: an atomistic computer simulation study

An atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has been carried out to investigate the structural and dynamical properties of a monolayer of the anionic surfactant sodium bis(2-ethyl-1-hexyl) sulfosuccinate (aerosol-OT or AOT) adsorbed at the air/water interface. The simulation is performed at room temperature and at a surface coverage corresponding to that at its critical micelle concentration (78 A(2)/molecule). The estimated thickness of the adsorbed layer is in good agreement with neutron reflection data. The study shows that the surfactants exhibit diffusive motion in the plane of the interface. It is observed that the surfactant monolayer has a strong influence in restricting both the translational and reorientational motions of the water molecules close to the interface. A drastic difference in the dipolar reorientational motion of water molecules in the aqueous layer is observed with a small variation of the distance from the surfactant headgroups. It has been observed that the water molecules in the first hydration layer (region 1) form strong hydrogen bonds with surfactant headgoups. This results in the slower structural relaxation of water-water hydrogen bonds in the first hydration layer compared to that in the pure bulk water. Most interestingly, we notice that the water molecules present in the layer immediately after the first hydration layer form weaker hydrogen bonds and thus relax faster than even pure bulk water.     

界面扩张流变法研究C_(12)mimBr对Gemini12-2-12在空气/水界面聚集行为的影响

采用界面扩张流变技术研究了季铵盐偶联表面活性剂C12-(CH2)2-C12·2Br(Gemini12-2-12)及其与离子液体表面活性剂溴化1-十二烷基-3-甲基咪唑(C12mim Br)复配体系的动态界面张力、扩张流变性质和界面弛豫过程等,探讨了C12mim Br对C12mim Br/Gemini12-2-12混合体系界面性质的影响及C12mim Br对Gemini12-2-12界面聚集行为影响的机制.结果表明,随着离子液体表面活性剂的不断引入,体系界面吸附达到平衡所需的时间逐渐缩短,扩张模量和相角明显降低,界面吸附膜由粘弹性膜转变为近似纯弹性膜;同时,界面及其附近的弛豫过程也发生显著变化,慢弛豫过程消失,快弛豫过程占主导地位,且离子液体浓度越高,快弛豫的贡献越大.这些界面性质的变化主要归因于离子液体表面活性剂C12mim Br参与界面形成及两表面活性剂在界面竞争吸附的结果.少量离子液体表面活性剂C12mim Br的加入可以填补疏松的Gemini12-2-12界面上的空位,形成混合界面吸附膜.随着C12mim Br含量的增加,嵌入界面的C12mim Br分子数不断增多,导致界面上相互缠绕的Gemini12-2-12烷基链"解缠",在体相和界面分子扩散交换的过程中"解缠"的Gemini12-2-12分子从界面上解吸回到体相,与此同时,C12mim Br分子相对较小的空间位阻及较强的疏水作用促使其优先扩散至界面进而取代Gemini12-2-12分子,最终界面几乎完全被C12mim Br分子所占据.     

偶联表面活性剂在气/液界面上的区域形貌

测定了偶联表面活性剂propilidene-1,3-bis(dimethyloctadecylammonium bromide) (PBDOAB)在0.005 mol•L－1 NaBr溶液气/液界面上的分子面积和表面压－分子面积等温线.用自制的Brewster角显微镜观察了PBDOAB在该溶液的气/液界面上的区域结构.结果表明, PBDOAB在0.005 mol•L－1 NaBr溶液的气/液界面上生成了凝聚态的单分子膜；观察到在界面上形成了环形的区域结构;在环形结构内的分子取向呈中心对称.     

Adsorption of cationic gemini surfactants at solid surfaces studied by QCM-D and SPR: effect of the rigidity of the spacer

Two small series of cationic gemini surfactants with dodecyl tails have been synthesized and evaluated with respect to self-assembly in bulk water and at different solid surfaces. The first series contained a flexible alkane spacer and is denoted 12-n-12, with n = 2, 4, and 6. The second series had a phenylene group connected to the quaternary nitrogens in either the meta or para position and the surfactants are referred to as 12-m-Φ-12 and 12-p-Φ-12, respectively. The phenylene group is a rigid linker unit. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) was determined both by tensiometry and by conductometry, and the packing density of the surfactants at the air-water interface was calculated from the Gibbs equation. The cmc values for the geminis with a rigid spacer, 12-m-Φ-12 and 12-p-Φ-12, were of the same order of magnitude as for 12-4-12, which is the flexible surfactant that most closely matches the phenylene-based surfactants with respect to hydrophobicity, measured as log P, and distance between the positively charged nitrogen atoms. The adsorption of flexible and rigid surfactants was investigated on gold, silicon dioxide (silica), gold made hydrophobic by the self-assembly of hexadecanethiol, and gold made hydrophilic by the self-assembly of 16-hydroxyhexadecanethiol. On all of the surfaces, there was a reverse relationship between the adsorbed amount at the cmc and the length of the spacer (i.e., 12-2-12 gave the highest and 12-6-12 gave the lowest amount of adsorbed material). The adsorption pattern was similar for all of the surfactants when recorded at 25 °C. Thus, one can conclude that a rigid spacer does not render the self-assembly of a gemini surfactant difficult, neither in bulk water nor at solid surfaces. However, on one of the surfaces-untreated gold-the adsorbed amount of the geminis with a rigid spacer at 40 °C was approximately twice the values obtained at 25 °C. This is interpreted as the formation of an interdigitated bilayer at 25 °C and a regular bilayer without interpenetration of the alkyl chains at 40 °C.     

含酯基Gemini表面活性剂在有机醇-水体系中的胶束热力学及聚集行为

采用电导法研究了不同温度下含酯基Gemini表面活性剂在纯水和在质量分数为10%的甲醇-水(MAWR),乙二醇-水(EG-WR),丙三醇-水(GL-WR)四种体系中的集聚行为和胶束热力学;聚集行为参数包括临界胶束浓度(cmc)和抗衡离子的解离程度(α)以及胶束的热力学参数,包括标准吉布斯自由能(ΔG_m~o)、吉布斯迁移自由能(ΔG_(trans)~o)、吉布斯烷基链胶束化自由能(ΔG_(tail)~o)、标准焓变(ΔH_m~o)和标准熵变(ΔS_m~o),均被计算和讨论。研究表明在所有的研究体系中,cmc值随着疏水链的增加而减小,随着加入的醇结构中羟基数目的增加而增大,随温度的升高先变小,后变大呈U字形;胶束化过程都是自发进行的,并且在293.15 K下,胶束化过程是吸热的,在293.15 K上,胶束化过程是放热的;通过稳态荧光光谱法研究了表面活性剂在纯水、有机醇-水混合溶液中的微极性,结果表明,在相同溶剂中,随着烷基链长度的增加,溶液微环境的疏水性越强;对于相同的Gemini表面活性剂,随着加入含羟基数目越多的醇,其微环境的疏水性越强。并研究了Gemini表面活性剂在混合体系中形成胶束过程的焓-熵补偿曲线。     

Orientation of the Azobenzene Spacer of Carboxylic Methyl Ester Gemini Surfactants in Langmuir Monolayer

The Langmuir monolayer of carboxylic methyl ester Gemini surfactants with the azobenzene spacer, referred to as MC_m(azo)MC_m, was prepared and the π‐A isotherms were measured. The result revealed an orientational picture of the azobenzene spacer at the air/water interface. Before irradiation, the planar trans‐azobenzene group adopted an approximate configuration parallel to the interface and lay on the air/water interface. After UV‐light irradiation, the spacer became the twisted cis‐one. Because of the location of the polar headgroups at the air/water interface, the two phenyl rings were also forced to take a near‐parallel orientation with the interface to reduce the free energy. As a result, the spacer thin‐layer was "thickened", which caused an elevation in collapse pressure.     

荧光探针法研究连接基团对双子型阳离子表面活性剂聚集行为的影响

利用荧光探针法和表面张力法测定了新型双子型阳离子表面活性剂的临界胶团浓度(cmc)、最低表面张力(γ_cmc)、胶团微极性和胶团聚集数(N_agg),探讨了连接基团对此类表面活性剂在水溶液中聚集行为的影响.结果表明,当连接基团增长时,cmc和胶团微极性增加,γ_cmc增大,N_agg减少,表面活性降低,在溶液中自发形成胶团的能力减弱.