Determination of the electrochemical diffusion coefficient of methylene blue in SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O system by non-probe microelectrode voltammetry

The diffusion coefficient of methylene blue (MB) is determined by the method of non-probe microelectrode voltammetry in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)/n-C₅H₁₁OH/H₂O lyotropic liquid crystal system. The results obtained show that the diffusion coefficient of MB increases with water and n-pentanol contents in the microemulsions and the lyotropic liquid crystal but decreases with SDS content. The diffusion coefficient of SDS droplet in the microemulsions and the diffusion coefficient of SDS molecule in the lyotropic liquid crystal with MB all are less than those without MB. The magnitude order of the diffusion coefficient of MB is as follows: the coefficient in the oil-in-water (O/W) microemulsion is greater than the coefficient in the water-in-oil (W/O) microemulsion which is greater than the coefficient in the lamellar liquid crystal (LLC), which is also greater than the coefficient in the Hex.     

Hydrolysis of Cephanone in SDS／n－C5H11OH／H2O System

The hydrolysis of cephanone in SDS micelle and SDS/n-C5H11-OH/H2O O/W microemulsion was studied through Uv-vis ab-sorption spectroscopy. The change of pH value in the hydrolysis of cephanone was determined. The result shows that pH value decreases in the process of the hydrolysis, and that the SDS ml-celle and SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O O/W microemulsion accelerate the hydrolysis of cephanone compared with water.     

SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O溶致液晶中SDS分子的扩散特性

以铂微电极法测定了在SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O溶致液晶中SDS（十二烷基硫酸钠）分子的扩散系数.结果表明,恒定质量比SDS/n-C5H11OH条件下,溶致液晶中SDS分子的扩散系数随体系中水含量的增加而增加；恒定质量比SDS/H2O,溶致液晶中SDS分子的扩散系数随正戊醇含量的增加而增加；恒定质量比H2O/n-C5H11OH ,溶致液晶中SDS分子的扩散系数随SDS含量的增加而降低.六角状液晶中SDS分子的扩散系数比层状液晶中SDS分子的扩散系数低约1个数量级,而比W/O、O/W胶束的扩散系数低3～5个数量级.     

青霉素G钾盐对SDS水溶液物理化学性质的影响及其在SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O体系中的释放

The effects of penicillin potassium salt （PenK） on the solubility, Krafft temperature TK, critical micelle concentration CMC of SDS micelle and the phase behavior of SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O system were studied. The partial phase diagrams of SDS/PenK/H2O system at different temperatures were determined. The release amounts of PenK in SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O system and the distribution coefficient of PenK between micelle and water were measured by UV-Vis spectroscopy. The results show that in the presence of PenK, the CMC of SDS was decreased while the TK of SDS was increased and the solubility of SDS in both water and SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O oil in water （O/W） microemulsion was decreased, but increased in water in oil （W/O） microemulsion. SDS micelles and SDS/n- C5H11OH/H20 O/W microemulsion could accelerate the release rate of PenK. The addition of SDS and water could both increase the release rate of PenK, whereas the presence of n-C5H11OH reduced the release rate of PenK. The above results were related to the electrostatic repulsion between PenK and SDS.     

SDS/n－C5H11OH/n－C7H16/H2O体系中W/O－BI微乳液界面电性质

In the system of SDS/n-C5H11OH/n-C7H16/H2O with the weight ratio of SDS/n-C5H11OH/H2O system at5.0/47.5/47.5, the upper phase of the system was W/O microemulsion, and the lower phase was the bicontinuous microemulsion. When the n-heptane content was less than 1%, with the increase of the n-heptane content, the capacitance (Co, Cod) in the upper phase (W/O) dropped, the capacitance (CB1, CBld) in the lower phase (BI) raised. At the same time, the W/O-BI inteffacial potential (ΔE), capacitance (Ci), and charge-transfer current (ict) decreased.After the n-heptane content reached 1%, with the increase of the n-heptane content, ΔE, Ci and ict demonstrated no significant change.     

Distribution and Transfer of Gatifloxacin Between Two Microemulsion Phases with Different Structures in SDS/n-C5H11 OH/H2O System

At a weight ratio of n‐C₅H₁₁OH/H₂O=50/50, when the total content of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) was less than 6.0%, the ternary mixture of SDS/n‐C₅H₁₁OH/H₂O coexisted in two immiscible microemulsions. The distribution and transfer of gatifloxacin (GTFX) between the two phases were studied using UV‐Vis and electrochemistry AC impedance spectra. The results show that GTFX transferred from the upper phase (W/O) to the lower phase (O/W or bicontinuous microemulsion), but a small amount of SDS transferred from the lower phase to the upper phase correspondingly with the increase of the total SDS content at a total GTFX concentration of 1.0×10^?5 mol/L. The addition of GTFX did not change the structures of the two different phases fundamentally, but resulted in the transfer and redistribution of GTFX and SDS, so the electric properties of the system were changed correspondingly.     

Hydrotrope‐Solubilization Action of Urea in CTAB/n‐C5H11‐OH/H2O System

Urea can enhance the aqueous solubility of surfactant CTAB (hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide) when it shows the hydrotrope action. It will show the hydrotrope‐solubilization action when the solubilized amount of n‐C₅H₁₁OH in O/W microemulsion and that of water in W/O microemulsion are increased. The mechanism of the hydrotrope‐solubilization action of urea is the increase of the stability of W/O and O/W microemulsion and structural transition from the lamellar liquid crystalline phase to the bicontinuous structure.     

Electrochemical polymerization of aniline in SDS admicelles

The electrochemical polymerization of aniline was studied in sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) admicelles. The results demonstrate that electrochemical polymerization of aniline can be catalyzed by admicelles. The catalytic efficiency in SDS solutions increased slowly with SDS concentration when the SDS concentration was very low, but increased rapidly when SDS admicelles formed on the electrode surface. The catalytic efficiency decreased with the addition of n-pentanol. The polyaniline films formed in SDS admicelles were nanometer films and the size of particles in the films increased with SDS concentration, but decreased with the addition of n-pentanol. Therefore, n-C₅H₁₁OH can be used to regulate the electrochemical polymerization of aniline in SDS admicelles.     

In situ Synthesis and Lubrication of PbS Nanoparticles in Lamellar Liquid Crystal

The partial phase diagram of the Triton X-100/C₁₀H₂₁OH/H₂O system was determined. PbS nanoparticles were synthesized in solvent layer of Triton X-100/C₁₀H₂₁OH/H₂O lamellar liquid crystal. The size of PbS nanoparticles was about 8 nm and limited by the thickness of the solvent layer. Lubricities of the mixed system of Triton X-100/C₁₀H₂₁OH/H₂O lamellar liquid crystal and PbS nanoparticles were determined. The results showed that the lamellar liquid crystal and the mixed system showed higher load carrying capacity relative to the commercial grease. They are potential lubricants for Al alloy, especially at high load.     

Hydrotrope and hydrotrope-solubilization action of cephanone in CTAB/<Emphasis Type="Italic">n</Emphasis>-C<Subscript>5</Subscript>H<Subscript>11</Subscript>OH/H<Subscript>2</Subscript>O system

Cephanone is found to show the hydrotrope and hydrotrope-solubilization action in CTAB/n-C₅H₁₁OH/H₂O system. Cephanone can increase the solubilities of cationic surfactant CTAB or n-C₅H₁₁OH in water and water in n-C₅H₁₁OH. It can also increase the solubilization amount of n-C₅H₁₁OH in O/W microemulsion and that of water in W/O microemulsion, which makes the two regions of O/W and W/O microemulsion larger, and even linked together. The mechanism of the hydrotrope-solubilization action of cephanone is related to the location of cephanone in the palisade of microemulsion which causes the stability of O/W and W/O microemulsion to be enhanced and that of lamellar liquid crystal to be reduced. Therefore, the mechanism of hydrotrope-solubilization is the structural transition from lamellar liquid crystal to the bicontinuous structure.     

Kinetics of the microemulsion polymerization of styrene with short‐chain alcohols as the cosurfactant

The kinetics of styrene microemulsion polymerization stabilized by sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and a series of short‐chain alcohols (n‐C_iH_2i+1OH, abbreviated as C_iOH, where i = 4, 5, or 6) at 60 °C was investigated. Sodium persulfate was used as the initiator. The microemulsion polymerization process can be divided into two intervals: the polymerization rate (R_p) first increases to a maximum at about a 20% conversion (interval I) and thereafter continues to decrease toward the end of the polymerization (interval II). For all the SDS/C_iOH‐stabilized polymerization systems, R_p increases when the initiator or monomer concentration increases. The average number of free radicals per particle is smaller than 0.5. The molecular weight of the polymer produced is primarily controlled by the chain‐transfer reaction. In general, the reaction kinetics for the polymerization system with C₄OH as the cosurfactant behaves quite differently from the kinetics of the C₅OH and C₆OH counterparts. This is closely related to the different water solubilities of these short‐chain alcohols and the different concentrations of the cosurfactants used in the preparation of the microemulsion. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 39: 898–912, 2001     

Hydrotrope and hydrotrope-solubilization action of penicillin-K in CTAB/n-C5H11OH/H2O system

Penicillin potassium salt (penicillin-K) is found to show hydrotrope action, which can increase the solubility of cationic surfactant CTAB in water. Penicillin-K also shows hydrotrope-solubilization action, which makes the W/O and O/W microemulsion more stable and increases the solubilized amount of n-C₅H₁₁OH in O/W microemulsion and that of water in W/O microemulsion for CTAB/n-C₅H₁₁OH/H₂O system. However, in this system, the presence of penicillin-K can decrease the stability of the lamellar liquid crystal phase due to its structure change to bicontinuous, which are proved by the mechanism of its hydrotrope-solubilization action.     

Syntheses and Structures of Na2Mg3(OH)2(SO4)3·4H2O and K2Mg3(OH)2(SO4)3·2H2O

The crystal structures of Na₂Mg₃(OH)₂(SO₄)₃ · 4H₂O and K₂Mg₃(OH)₂(SO₄)₃ · 2H₂O, were determined from conventional laboratory X‐ray powder diffraction data. Synthesis and crystal growth were made by mixing alkali metal sulfate, magnesium sulfate hydrate, and magnesium oxide with small amounts of water followed by heating at 150 °C. The compounds crystallize in space group Cmc2₁ (No. 36) with lattice parameters of a = 19.7351(3), b = 7.2228(2), c = 10.0285(2) Å for the sodium and a = 17.9427(2), b = 7.5184(1), c = 9.7945(1) Å for the potassium sample. The crystal structure consists of a linked MgO₆–SO₄ layered network, where the space between the layers is filled with either potassium (K⁺) or Na⁺‐2H₂O units. The potassium‐bearing structure is isostructural to K₂Co₃(OH)₂(SO₄)₃ · 2(H₂O). The sodium compound has a similar crystal structure, where the bigger potassium ion is replaced by sodium ions and twice as many water molecules. Geometry optimization of the hydrogen positions were made with an empirical energy code.     

The Effects of Alcohol with Different Chain Length on the Phase Equilibria of Nonionic Surfactant System

Addition of alcohol with longer chain length (C₆H₁₃OH, C₈H₁₇OH, and C₁₂H₂₁OH) caused a reduction the cloud point of a commercial nonionic surfactant, Tesgitol (T_15-s-9). The formation of lamellar liquid crystal (LLC) was favored so that isotropic liquid (L₁)-LLC two-phase region became wider with increasing temperature at an appropriate weight ratio of surfactant to alcohol. The isotropic liquid phase/liquid two phase transformation was replaced by a two-phase transformation to isotropic liquid/lamellar liquid crystal at the cloud point for the system without alcohol.     

Metallsalze des Benzol‐1, 2‐di(sulfonyl)amins. 9 [1, 2] Der Bariumkomplex [Ba{C6H4(SO2)2N}2(H2O)22: Ein säulenförmiges Koordinationspolymer mit lamellarer Kristallpackung

Metal Salts of Benzene‐1, 2‐di(sulfonyl)amine. 9. The Barium Complex [[Ba{C₆H₄(SO₂)₂N}₂(H₂O)2₂]: A Columnar Coordination Polymer with Lamellar Crystal Packing The title complex, obtained by treating ortho‐benzenedi‐sulfonimide with Ba(OH)₂ in aqueous solution, has been characterized by low‐temperature X‐ray diffraction (monoclinic, space group C2/c, Z = 4, Ba²⁺ on a crystallographic twofold axis). The cation attains a tenfold coordination by accepting bonds from two water molecules, four κ¹O‐bonding anions and two (O, N)‐chelating anions. The cation‐anion interactions create columnar strands parallel to the z axis, from which protrude twin stacks of benzo rings in the directions ±x, and water molecules and non‐coordinating sulfonyl oxygen atoms in the directions ±y. Adjacent strands related by translation parallel to y are associated via O(W)—H···O=S hydrogen bonds to form lamellar sandwich layers. The contiguous benzo rings of adjacent layers are markedly interlocked.     

Synthesis and optical properties of triangular gold nanoplates with controllable edge length

Gold triangular nanoplates with a uniform size were synthesized by a simple seeds-growth method in a lamellar lyotropic liquid crystal (LLC) medium consisting of F127, n-C₄H₉OH and H₂O. The edge length of gold nanoplates can be adjusted from tens to several hundreds nanometers (and even a few micrometers) by varying the concentration of Au³⁺ and the seeds solution volume. The optical properties of the synthesized gold nanoplates were studied. The vis-NIR spectra of the synthesized gold nanoplates exhibited a good linear correlation between the in-plane plasmon resonance λ_max and the average edge length of the corresponding nanoplates.

     

Basic ionic liquid/FeCl3·6H2O as an efficient catalyst for AGET ATRP of methyl methacrylate

A basic ionic liquid, 1‐butyl‐3‐methyl imidazolium hydroxide ([Bmim]OH), was synthesized and used as the additives in an iron‐mediated atom transfer radical polymerization with activators generated by electron transfer (AGET ATRP) of methyl methacrylate in bulk and solution, using FeCl₃ · 6H₂O as the catalyst, ethyl 2‐bromoisobutyrate as the initiator, vitamin C (Vc) as the reducing agent, and tetrabutylammonium bromide or tetra‐n‐butylphosphonium bromide as the ligand. Catalytic amount of [Bmim]OH could enhance the polymerization rate and produce poly(methyl methacrylate) with controllable molecular weights and narrow molecular weight distributions (M_w/M_n = 1.3–1.4). The nature of controlled/“living” free radical polymerization in the presence of basic ionic liquid was further confirmed by chain‐extension experiments. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part A: Polym Chem, 2012     

Synthesis and Crystal Structure of the Binuclear Complex [Pr2(C10H8N2O4)2(C10H9N2O4)2(H2O)4]·3H2O·C6H6

The binuclear praseodymium(III) complex with N‐(1‐carboxyethylidene)‐salicylhydrazide (C₁₀H₁₀N₂O₄, H₂L) was prepared in H₂O‐C₂H₅OH mixed solution, and the crystal structure of [Pr₂L₂(HL)₂(H₂O)₄]·3H₂O·C₆H₆ was determined by X‐ray single crystal diffraction. The crystal complex crystallizes in the triclinic system with space group P‐1, and in the structure each Pr atom is 9‐coordinated by carboxyl O and acyl O and azomethine N atoms of two tridentate ligands to form two stable five‐membered rings sharing one side in keto‐mode and two water molecules. The coordination polyhedron around Pr³⁺ was described as a monocapped square antiprism geometry. In an individual molecule, four tridentate ligands were coordinated by two negative univalent (HL) and two bivalent forms (L) respectively. Two negative univalent ligands were coordinated via μ₂‐bridging mode.     

A new copper(II) basic sulfate: poly[3‐aminopyridinium μ3‐hydroxido‐di‐μ3‐sulfato‐bis[aquacopper(II)]]

The crystal structure of the title basic copper(II) sulfate, {(C₅H₇N₂)[Cu₂(OH)(SO₄)₂(H₂O)₂]}_n, shows an unprecedented structural arrangement of two distinct copper centres. CuO₆ and CuO₅ polyhedra are linked through bridging hydroxide and sulfate anions to form negatively charged infinite chains propagated along the a axis. The negative charge is balanced by 3‐aminopyridinium cations that are held in the structure by extensive hydrogen bonding to the inorganic chains. Additionally, the cationic arrangement features π–π stacking.     

Das erste Vanadium(III)‐Borophosphat: Darstellung und Kristallstruktur von CsV3(H2O)2[B2P4O16(OH)4]

The First Vanadium(III) Borophosphate: Synthesis and Crystal Structure of CsV₃(H₂O)₂[B₂P₄O₁₆(OH)₄] CsV₃(H₂O)₂[B₂P₄O₁₆(OH)₄] was prepared under mild hydrothermal conditions (T = 165 °C) from mixtures of CsOH_(aq), VCl₃, H₃BO₃, and H₃PO₄ (molar ratio 1 : 1 : 1 : 2). The crystal structure was determined by X‐ray single crystal methods (monoclinic; space group C2/m, No. 12): a = 958.82(15) pm, b = 1840.8(4) pm, c = 503.49(3) pm; β = 110.675(4)°; Z = 2. The anionic partial structure contains oligomeric units [BP₂O₈(OH)₂]^5–, which are built up by a central BO₂(OH)₂ tetrahedron and two PO₄ tetrahedra sharing common corners. V^III is octahedrally coordinated by oxygen of adjacent phosphate tetrahedra and OH groups of borate tetrahedra as well as oxygen of phosphate tetrahedra and H₂O molecules, respectively (coordination octahedra VO₄(OH)₂ and VO₄(H₂O)₂). The oxidation state +3 for vanadium was confirmed by measurements of the magnetic susceptibility. The trimeric borophosphate groups are connected via vanadium centres to form layers with octahedra‐tetrahedra ring systems, which are likewise linked via V^III‐coordination octahedra. Overall, a three‐dimensional framework constructed from VO₄(OH)₂ and VO₄(H₂O)₂ octahedra as well as BO₂(OH)₂ and PO₄ tetrahedra results. The structure contains channels running along [001], which are occupied by Cs⁺ in a distorted octahedral coordination (CsO₄(H₂O)₂).