阴离子疏水缔合共聚物/阳离子蠕虫状胶束协同增粘自组装网络

将阴离子疏水缔合丙烯酰胺共聚物P(NaAMC14S-b-AM)与阳离子蠕虫状胶束十六烷基三甲基溴化铵/水杨酸钠(CTAB/NaSal)在水溶液中自组装制备了新型的缔合增粘体. 由稳态剪切和动态流变实验结果得出: 自组装体系在80 ℃下仍具有显著的协同增粘效应, 其流变行为符合Maxwell模型. 同蠕虫状胶束相比, 自组装体系的稳态模量G0、力学松弛时间τR和缠结点密度ν都有增加, 由此分析缔合体系中两组分间形成了相互缠结的网络结构, 在链缠结处共聚物主链上的疏水侧链嵌入到了蠕虫状胶束的内核.     

超高分子量高阳离子度AM-DMC-DAC三元共聚物的合成及其絮凝性能

在较高阳离子含量下,合成了丙烯酰胺(AM)-甲基丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DMC)-丙烯酰氧乙基三甲基氯化铵(DAC)三元共聚物.考察了引发剂浓度、单体浓度、反应体系pH及链转移剂对聚合反应产物黏度的影响.结果表明:该三元共聚物的特性黏度可以达到36 dL/g,溶解性能良好,阳离子度高,絮凝性能优良.     

新型疏水缔合丙烯酰胺/2-苯氧乙基丙烯酸酯共聚物的合成与性质

采用胶束共聚方法合成了一种新型的疏水缔合共聚物 ,它由丙烯酰胺 (AM)和少量的 2 苯氧乙基丙烯酸酯 (POEA) (<1 0mol% )组成 ,具有良好的水溶性 .当溶液浓度超过一定值c 后 ,由于分子间的疏水缔合 ,产生很大的增粘作用 .研究了不同聚合条件下包括单体浓度、投料比和SMR值对聚合物的结构和性能的影响 .实验结果表明 ,聚合物的粘度性质和缔合行为取决于其分子量的大小、疏水单体含量及其嵌段的长度和分布 .     

十六烷基三甲基溴化铵/油酸钠混合体系蠕虫状胶束流变性研究

阴、阳离子表面活性剂之间强烈的相互作用利于形成自由弯曲的蠕虫状胶束。本文利用阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基三甲基溴化铵(CTAB)和阴离子表面活性剂油酸钠(Na OA)制备了CTAB/Na OA蠕虫状胶束,研究了两表面活性剂的混合比和表面活性剂总浓度的变化对蠕虫状胶束体系稳态流变性及动态粘弹性的影响。结果表明,蠕虫状胶束在剪切过程中的解缠、拟网状结构的破坏以及最终沿剪切速度方向取向等是蠕虫状胶束产生剪切稀释特性的原因。两表面活性剂的混合比和表面活性剂总浓度的变化导致表面活性剂之间的静电作用、疏水作用发生较大的变化,最终引起体系内部表面活性剂聚集体形态的差异。体系内蠕虫状胶束长度、体系结构复杂程度、蠕虫状胶束形成的网络结构的致密度等都影响着体系的流变行为。在混合比R=3.6、总浓度CT=0.24mol/L时,体系中蠕虫状胶束最长,网络结构最为紧密,体系的零剪切粘度达到最大值。表面活性剂浓度一定时,混合比的提高有助于蠕虫状胶束的定向生长,弛豫时间τR和储能模量高频区平台模量G0提高,R=3.6时两者皆达到极大值,此后由于蠕虫状胶束的分枝化及(或)胶束破裂导致τR及G0下降。在表面活性剂混合比一定(R=3.6)时,表面活性剂浓度的提高利于蠕虫状胶束的增长或者分枝化,增加了胶束网络结构缠绕(融合)点的密度,导致G0逐渐增大。Cole-Cole图证实本文研究的蠕虫状胶束体系是符合Maxwell模型的线性粘弹性流体。     

低温非水环境中疏水缔合聚丙烯酸钠与两性离子表面活性剂的相互作用

疏水缔合聚合物和表面活性剂是构建黏弹性流体的重要物质, 二者的相互作用对流体性质具有显著影响, 一直是该领域的研究热点, 但此前的研究仅聚焦于水溶液中室温及以上温度范围, 而零下极端低温环境中的相互作用尚未涉及. 本文以疏水缔合聚丙烯酸钠(HMPA)为模型聚合物, 研究了低温(-20~20 ℃)环境中其与两性离子表面活性剂N-(顺-二十二碳-13-烯酸酰胺基丙基)-N,N-二甲基羧酸甜菜碱(EDAB)在乙二醇/水混合溶剂中的相互作用及混合体系的流变性质. 先后考察了HMPA溶解于纯水和乙二醇/水混合溶剂时的流变行为和HMPA-EDAB在乙二醇/水混合溶剂中的流变行为及自组装结构形貌. 研究发现, 加入50%(体积分数)的乙二醇会阻碍HMPA疏水支链形成缔合结构, 减弱其增黏性能, 但同时也会大幅降低体系的冰点. 在HMPA- EDAB混合体系中, HMPA疏水支链会进入EDAB胶束内核自组装形成混合胶束. 混合胶束的形貌取决于 HMPA和EDAB的浓度及环境温度, 进而影响体系的流变行为. 零下的低温有助于EDAB形成蠕虫状胶束, 因此HMPA与EDAB表现出更强的协同增效作用.     

阳离子表面活性剂R16HTAB及其复配体系的流变性能

用稳态和动态流变学方法研究了3-十六烷氧基-2-羟丙基三甲基溴化铵（R16HTAB）单纯以及水杨酸钠（NaSal）存在下溶液的流变特性．无盐体系中,在测定的浓度范围内,表面活性剂与零剪切黏度呈指数关系（η0∝c^2．53）．水杨酸钠的加入促进了体系由球状向蠕虫状胶束转化．Cox—Merz规则和Cole-Cole图证明,混合体系生成了蠕虫状胶束．与传统的CTAB比较,无论水杨酸钠存在与否,R16HTAB水溶液的流变性能均较好,这主要归因于羟丙基基团的插入,使得R16HTAB和NaSal分子之间形成氢键连接,生成了更加稳定的三维网络结构．应用冷冻蚀刻电子显微镜技术进一步证实了体系中蠕虫状胶柬的存在．     

疏水缔合聚丙烯酸与蠕虫状胶束的协同作用

从宏观流变性和介观尺度方面, 研究了疏水缔合聚丙烯酸(HMPA)与油酸钠(NaOA)构筑的蠕虫状胶束的协同作用. 考察HMPA对蠕虫状胶束溶液流变性和表观粘度的影响, 结果表明, 极少量HMPA的引入导致蠕虫状胶束溶液体系动态模量明显增加; 其表观粘度随HMPA浓度的增加先增强后减弱. 另一方面, 通过耗散颗粒动力学(DPD)分子模拟方法研究了混合体系中溶液组成对HMPA分子链的均方根末端距的影响. 结果表明,随着NaOA浓度增加, HMPA的均方根末端距会出现峰值; HMPA的伸展程度受其自身浓度变化制约, 相对于纯HMPA体系, NaOA胶束的存在对高浓度区的HMPA伸展程度影响更明显. 结合流变实验和分子模拟结果,初步解释了聚合物与蠕虫状胶束的协同作用机制.     

长链阳离子表面活性剂蠕虫状胶束的剪切带转变行为研究

报道一种含有不饱和疏水尾链的超长链阳离子表面活性剂——N-芥酸酰胺丙基-N,N,N-三甲基碘化铵(EDAI)自组装所形成的蠕虫状胶束及其剪切带行为. EDAI浓溶液表现出了明显的剪切带转变特征, 即溶液的流动曲线被介于两个临界剪切速率之间的剪切应力平台分割为粘度不同的两部分. 在剪切带转变区域, 原本均质的流体表现出机械剪切不稳定性, 沿速度梯度方向被分割为剪切速率不同的两个宏观流体层.     

稳态和动态荧光研究疏水缔合共聚物P(AM/POEA)的自缔合行为和聚集体

应用稳态和动态荧光光谱方法,包括荧光探针、标记荧光和荧光淬灭等研究了共聚物P(AM/POEA)在水溶液中的自缔合性质.这种共聚物由丙烯酰胺(AM)和少量疏水单体2-苯氧乙基丙烯酸酯(POEA)组成.实验结果表明这类共聚物的自缔合行为和聚集体结构主要取决于聚合物的链结构和浓度.由胶束共聚合方法得到具有多嵌段结构的共聚物,它们容易发生疏水缔合,并产生很强的增粘作用,而由普通共聚合方法得到的无规共聚物却没有这些性质.同时这类聚合物的缔合类型及其增粘能力也直接与共聚物中的疏水体含量相关,随疏水体含量增加,由于分子间和分子内缔合的竞争,出现粘度先增后降的现象.在荧光研究的基础上提出了多分子聚合物聚集体的结构模型,它随聚集体浓度增加,进一步形成多联聚集体和网状结构.同时还观察到聚集体中疏水体有序排列现象.     

基于非共价键作用的二嵌段共聚物/均聚物超分子体系的自组装行为

采用实空间求解的自洽场理论,研究了两亲性二嵌段共聚物(AB)/均聚物(C)超分子体系在溶液中的自组装行为,其中B疏水嵌段的自由末端与C均聚物的一个末端形成可逆的非共价键.在稀溶液中,AB/C超分子聚合物体系通过自组装形成了一系列不同形貌的胶束,如核-壳-冠的三层胶束和蠕虫状胶束等.研究发现,胶束形貌受到非共价键强度和初...     

Photoinduced reversible change of fluid viscosity

We report a reversible photoinduced fluid viscosity change. A small amount of a "photoswitchable" azobenzene-modified cationic surfactant (4-butylazobenzene-4'-(oxyethyl)trimethylammonium bromide, AZTMA) was added to a wormlike micellar solution of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) containing sodium salicylate (NaSal). The trans-AZTMA solution had a remarkably high viscosity as a result of the entangled network of wormlike micelles. UV light irradiation on the trans-AZTMA solution remarkably decreased the viscosity of the solution because the bulky structure of cis-AZTMA is likely to disrupt the network structure of wormlike micelles. This photoinduced viscosity change is perfectly reversible between the trans- and cis-AZTMA solutions.     

A dually effective inorganic salt at inducing obvious viscoelastic behavior of both cationic and anionic surfactant solutions

Hydrazine nitrate (HN), an inorganic salt, was first found to have dual effects on inducing obvious viscoelasticity of both cationic and anionic surfactant solutions. It was interesting that the surfactant solutions exhibited characteristic wormlike micelle features with strong viscoelastic properties upon the addition of this inorganic salt. The rheological properties of the surfactant solutions have been measured and discussed. The apparent viscosity of the solutions showed a volcano change with an increase of the HN concentration. Correspondingly, the microstructures of the micelles in the solutions changed with the apparent viscosity. First, wormlike micelles began to form and grew with an increase of the HN concentration. Subsequently, the systems exhibited linear viscoelasticity with characteristics of a Maxwell fluid in the intermediate mass fraction range, which originated from a 3D entangled network of wormlike micelles. Finally, a transition from linear micelles to branched ones probably took place at higher HN contents. In addition, the origin of the dual effects brought by HN addition on inducing viscoelasticity in both cationic and anionic surfactant solutions was investigated.     

Micelle to vesicle transitions of N-dodecyl-1, ω-diaminoalkanes: effects of pH, temperature and salt

The self-assembly behavior of pH-sensitive amphiphiles N-dodecyl-1, 2-diaminoethane (C12N2N), N-dodecyl-1, 3-diaminopropane (C12N3N) and N-dodecyl-1, 4-diaminobutane (C12N4N) has been studied in aqueous solutions. Light scattering, viscosity and cryo-transmission electronic microscopy (cryo-TEM) results revealed that the aggregates transferred from spherical micelles to vesicles (MVT) via wormlike micelles as the pH was gradually varied from acidic to basic conditions. pH-dependent zeta potential and (1)H NMR studies confirmed these transitions. Interestingly, the formed wormlike micelles could transform into vesicles upon heating, which was studied by cryo-TEM, light scattering and viscosity techniques in detail. It is concluded that the pH and thermal MVT are a general phenomenon in all three amphiphiles investigated. Furthermore, NaCl induced a wormlike micelle to vesicle transition was also observed in C12N2N solution.     

Synergistic effects in flows of mixtures of wormlike micelles and hydroxyethyl celluloses with or without hydrophobic modifications

This work presents experimental results on simple shear and porous media flow of aqueous solutions of two hydroxyethyl celluloses (HEC) and two hydrophobically modified hydroxyethyl celluloses (HMHEC) with different molecular weights. Mixtures of these polymers with a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium p-toluenesulfonate (CTAT) were also studied. Emphasis was given to the range of surfactant concentrations in which wormlike micelles are formed. The presence of hydrophobic groups, the effect of the molecular weight of the polymers, the surfactant and polymer concentrations, and the effect of the flow field type (simple shear versus porous media flow) were the most important variables studied. The results show that the shear viscosity of HEC/CTAT solutions is higher than the viscosities of surfactant and polymer solutions at the same concentrations, but surface tension measurements indicate that no complex formation occurs between CTAT and HEC. On the other hand, a complex driven by hydrophobic interactions was detected by surface tension measurements between CTAT and HMHEC. In this case, the viscosity of the mixture increases significantly more (up to four orders of magnitude at high CTAT concentrations) in comparison with HEC/CTAT aqueous solutions. Increments in the molecular weight of the polymers increase the interaction with CTAT and the shear viscosity of the solution, but make phase separation more feasible. In porous media flow, the polymer/CTAT mixtures exhibited higher apparent viscosities than in simple shear flows. This result suggests that the extensional component of the flow field in porous media flows leads to a stronger interaction between the polymer and the wormlike micelles, probably as a consequence of change of conformation and growth of the micelles.     

Molecular dynamics simulations of mixed cationic/anionic wormlike micelles

Simulations of mixed cationic/anionic wormlike micellar systems have been carried out for a wide range of compositions, including pure anionic and cationic systems. It was found that the wormlike micelle formed by only cationic surfactant molecules is unstable and transforms to a set of small spherical micelles. Adding anionic surfactants with a short hydrophobic chain (only eight carbon atoms) results in stable wormlike micelles. The 34/66 cationic/anionic worm is stable and symmetrical, while the 50/50 mixture yields a flattened worm, indicating a phase transition to the lamellar phase. All these observations are in excellent agreement with the experimental results of Raghavan et al. (Langmuir 2002, 18, 3797), and they provide a molecular mechanism for their observations. The addition of octyltrimethylammonium chloride increases the radius of the worm due to the bigger hydrophobic part. Meanwhile, the length of the worms decreases with the concentration of cationic surfactant and reaches a minimum for the 50/50 mixture. The latter system is of special interest due to a zero surface charge density. The worm with the electrostatically neutral surface was used to investigate intermicellar interactions. The molecular dynamics (MD) simulations show that the merging process requires a substantial activation energy even in the case of reduced electrostatic repulsion.     

Rheology of wormlike micelles in aqueous systems of a mixed amino acid-based anionic surfactant and cationic surfactant

Amino acid-based anionic surfactant, N-dodecanoylglutamic acid, after neutralizing by 2, 2′, 2″-nitrilotriethanol forms micellar solution at 25 °C. Addition of cationic cosurfactants hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC), hexadecylpyridinium chloride (CPC), and hexadecylpyridinium bromide (CPB) to the semi-dilute solution of anionic surfactant micellar solutions favor the micellar growth and after a certain concentration, entangled rigid network of wormlike micelles are formed. Viscosity increases enormously ～4th order of magnitude compared with water. With further addition of the cosurfactants, viscosity declines and phase separation to liquid crystal occurs. The wormlike micelles showed a viscoelastic behavior and described by Maxwell model with a single stress-relaxation mode. The position of viscosity maximum in the zero-shear viscosity curve shifts towards lower concentration upon changing cosurfactant from CPB to CTAC via CPC; however, the maximum viscosity is highest in the CPB system showing the formation of highly rigid network structure of wormlike micelles. In all the systems, viscosity decays exponentially with temperature following Arrhenius type behavior.     

Rheology of viscoelastic solutions of cationic surfactant. Effect of added associating polymer

Rheological studies were performed with aqueous salt solutions of viscoelastic cationic surfactant erucyl bis(hydroxyethyl)methylammonium chloride (EHAC) and its mixtures with hydrophobically modified polyacrylamide. The solutions of surfactant itself above the concentration of crossover of wormlike micelles exhibit two regions of rheological response. In the first region, they behave like polymer solutions in semidilute regime characterized by viscoelastic behavior with a spectrum of relaxation times. In the second region, unlike polymer solutions their relaxation after shear is dominated by a single relaxation time. Being composed of "living" micelles, the EHAC solutions easily lose their viscosity at the variation of the external conditions. For instance, heating from 20 to 60 degrees C reduces viscosity by up to 2 orders of magnitude, while added hydrocarbons induce a sudden drop of viscosity by 3-6 orders of magnitude. Polymer profoundly affects the rheological properties of EHAC solutions. The polymer/surfactant system demonstrates a 10,000-fold increase in viscosity as compared to pure-component solutions, the effect being more pronounced for polymer with less blocky distribution of hydrophobic units. A synergistic enhancement of viscosity was attributed to the formation of common network, in which some subchains are made up of elongated surfactant micelles, while others are composed of polymer. At cross-links the hydrophobic side groups of polymer anchor EHAC micelles. In contrast to surfactant itself, the polymer/surfactant system retains high viscosity at elevated temperature; at the same time it keeps a high responsiveness to hydrocarbon medium inherent to EHAC.     

三聚阴离子表面活性剂/阳离子添加剂混合体系的流变行为

表面活性剂的分子结构对蠕虫胶束的形成与性质有着重要影响。本文以十四酸和间苯三酚为起始原料,合成了一种三聚阴离子表面活性剂（2, 2', 2"-（苯基-1, 3, 5-三（氧））-三-十四酸钠,简写为Ph-TrisC₁₄Na）,并通过稳态和动态流变测试,研究了单组分的Ph-TrisC₁₄Na和Ph-TrisC₁₄Na/阳离子添加剂体系的粘弹性质。阳离子添加剂分别为正丁基三甲基溴化铵（C₄TAB）,正己基三甲基溴化铵（C₆TAB）和正辛基三甲基溴化铵（C₈TAB）。结果表明,依赖于独特的分子构型,Ph-TrisC₁₄Na分子自身即可形成蠕虫胶束,使溶液表现出明显的粘弹性。阳离子添加剂的加入可进一步优化Ph-TrisC₁₄Na的分子几何结构,促进蠕虫胶束更为快速地生长。随着阳离子添加剂疏水链长的增加,溶液的粘弹性显著增强,体系微结构对添加剂的敏感性也增加。对于50 mmol·L^-1的Ph-TrisC₁₄Na溶液来说,在C₈TAB与Ph-TrisC₁₄Na的摩尔比为0.5时,体系的零剪切粘度可达1535 Pa·s,蠕虫胶束的长度则达到4.0-7.5 μm。该体系体现出低聚表面活性剂在构筑表面活性剂粘弹溶液方面的优势,可拓展高粘弹性阴离子蠕虫胶束体系的研究范围。     

Polymerization of anionic wormlike micelles

Polymerizable anionic wormlike micelles are obtained upon mixing the hydrotropic salt p-toluidine hydrochloride (PTHC) with the reactive anionic surfactant sodium 4-(8-methacryloyloxyoctyl)oxybenzene sulfonate (MOBS). Polymerization captures the cross-sectional radius of the micelles (approximately 2 nm), induces micellar growth, and leads to the formation of a stable single-phase dispersion of wormlike micellar polymers. The unpolymerized and polymerized micelles were characterized using static and dynamic laser light scattering, small-angle neutron scattering, 1H NMR, and stopped-flow light scattering. Stopped-flow light scattering was also used to measure the average lifetime of the unpolymerized wormlike micelles. A comparison of the average lifetime of unpolymerized wormlike micelles with the surfactant monomer propagation rate was used to elucidate the mechanism of polymerization. There is a significant correlation between the ratio of the average lifetime to the monomer propagation rate and the average aggregation number of the polymerized wormlike micelles.