正负离子表面活性剂复配系统

正负离子表面活性剂复配系统,由于其带有相反电荷的离子头基间的强静电相互作用,具有强协同效应和高表面活性,在水溶液中可形成丰富的微观结构,表现出复杂的相行为。本文在相关研究的基础上,对于正负离子表面活性剂复配系统在表面（界面）性质,囊泡的制备及稳定性,虫状胶束的生成和性质,双水相系统的性质及其在萃取方面的应用,拟相分离模型、热力学胞腔模型、分子热力学模型及分子模拟等理论研究和作为模板合成纳米材料等方面的研究进展进行了综述。对于双水相系统的研究,指出了一些有待于进一步解决的问题。     

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。     

阴离子蠕虫胶束

本文从分析蠕虫胶束形成的分子几何条件和自由能驱动因素入手,总结了传统阴离子表面活性剂蠕虫胶束的形成和性质,指出制约其构筑和产生优良黏弹性的原因。在此基础上,介绍了Gemini表面活性剂构筑蠕虫胶束的分子结构优势,以及由此构筑阴离子蠕虫胶束的研究进展,尤其是长刚性联接链Gemini表面活性剂形成的蠕虫胶束。最后特别指出,基于新颖分子结构优势,Gemini表面活性剂可望成为蠕虫胶束构筑的主要分子对象。     

Electrostastic control of spontaneous curvature in catanionic reverse micelles

By means of small-angle neutron scattering and conductivity measurements, we study the microstructure of octylammoniumoctanoate/octane/water catanionic reverse microemulsions with an excess of anionic or cationic surfactant. Increasing the surface charge makes the microemulsion able to incorporate much more water than in the neutral case, up to 10 water molecules per surfactant. Even with charges in the surfactant film, wormlike micelles are present in the microemulsion domain. Along water dilution lines, the classical rod-to-sphere transition due to the minimization of the curvature energy of the rigid surfactant film is observed. When temperature is decreased, a re-entrant phase transition associated with the liquid-gas equilibrium of attractive cylinders is observed. Using the framework of the Tlusty-Safran theory, attraction could originate from junctions between wormlike reverse micelles. In any case, the spontaneous curvature of the catanionic surfactant film depends on both the temperature and the net charge, whatever the sign of the latter.     

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.     

疏水缔合和静电作用调控P(DTAB-co-AM)与蠕虫状胶束自组装网络

由新型的阳离子疏水单体二甲基十四烷基(3-丙烯酰胺基丙基)溴化铵(DTAB)与丙烯酰胺(AM)共聚合成了阳离子型疏水缔合共聚物P(DTAB-co-AM),研究了该共聚物与蠕虫状胶束自组装后的协同增黏效应,及改变疏水单体含量对自组装体系黏度的调控作用.制备了十八烷基三甲基氯化铵(CTAC)/水杨酸钠和芥酸钾/三羟乙基苄基氯化铵两类稳定的黏度较大的蠕虫状胶束体系.共聚物P(DTAB-co-AM)与芥酸钾/三羟乙基苄基氯化铵蠕虫状胶束在疏水缔合和静电吸引双重作用下自组装可形成协同增黏的缔合体系,而与CTAC/水杨酸钠阳离子蠕虫状胶束进行自组装由于只有疏水缔合作用,增黏效果不及前者.表观黏度研究表明,随着疏水单体含量的增加,P(DTAB-co-AM)与芥酸钾/三羟乙基苄基氯化铵缔合体系的黏度先增加后降低,当疏水单体含量为0.15 mol%时,缔合体系黏度达到极大值;当疏水单体含量为0.3 mol%时,缔合体系黏度反而低于与阳离子蠕虫状胶束缔合后的黏度.对于共聚物与CTAC/水杨酸钠蠕虫状胶束缔合体系,随着疏水单体含量增加,由于疏水缔合作用与静电排斥作用的相互抵消,致使体系黏度有所下降.由此说明改变疏水单体含量可以达到调控自组装体系黏度的目的.     

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.     

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.     

Microstructure of un-neutralized hydrophobically modified alkali-soluble emulsion latex in different surfactant solutions

At low pH conditions and in the presence of anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactants, hydrophobically modified alkali-soluble emulsions (HASE) exhibit pronounced interaction that results in the solubilization of the latex. The interaction between HASE latex and surfactant was studied using various techniques, such as light transmittance, isothermal titration calorimetry, laser light scattering, and electrophoresis. For anionic surfactant, noncooperative hydrophobic binding dominates the interaction at concentrations lower than the critical aggregation concentration (CAC) (C < CAC). However, cooperative hydrophobic binding controls the formation of mixed micelles at high surfactant concentrations (C > or = CAC), where the cloudy solution becomes clear. For cross-linked HASE latex, anionic surfactant binds only noncooperatively to the latex and causes it to swell. For cationic surfactant, electrostatic interaction occurs at very low surfactant concentrations, resulting in phase separation. With further increase in surfactant concentration, noncooperative hydrophobic and cooperative hydrophobic interactions dominate the binding at low and high surfactant concentrations, respectively. For anionic and cationic surfactant systems, the CAC is lower than the critical micelle concentration (CMC) of surfactants in water. In addition, counterion condensation plays an important role during the binding interaction between HASE latex and ionic surfactants. In the case of nonionic surfactants, free surfactant micelles are formed in solution due to their relatively low CMC values, and HASE latexes are directly solubilized into the micellar core of nonionic surfactants.     

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.     

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.     

Depletion flocculation of latex dispersion in ionic micellar systems

The flocculation behavior of anionic and cationic latex dispersions induced by addition of ionic surfactants with different polarities (SDS and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)) have been evaluated by rheological measurements. It was found that in identical polar surfactant systems with particle surfaces of SDS + anionic lattices and CTAB + cationic lattices, a weak and reversible flocculation has been observed in a limited concentration region of surfactant, which was analyzed as a repletion flocculation induced by the volume-restriction effect of the surfactant micelles. On the other hand, in oppositely charged surfactant systems (SDS + cationic lattices and CTAB + anionic lattices), the particles were flocculated strongly in a low surfactant concentration region, which will be based on the charge neutralization and hydrophobic effects from the adsorbed surfactant molecules. After the particles stabilized by the electrostatic repulsion of adsorbed surfactant layers, the system viscosity shows a weak maximum again in a limited concentration region. This weak maximum was influenced by the shear rate and has a complete reversible character, which means that this weak flocculation will be due to the depletion effect from the free micelles after saturated adsorption.     

Study of mixtures of n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside with anionic, cationic, and nonionic surfactant in aqueous solutions using surface tension and fluorescence techniques

Surfactants of practical interest are invariably mixtures of different types. In this study, mixtures of sugar-based n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside with cationic dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide, anionic sodium dodecylsulfate, and nonionic pentaethyleneglycol monododecyl ether in solution, with and without supporting electrolyte, have been studied using surface tension and fluorescence spectroscopic techniques. Interaction parameters and mole fraction of components in mixed micelles were calculated using regular solution theory. The magnitude of interactions between n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside and other surfactants followed the order anionic/nonionic > cationic/nonionic > nonionic/nonionic mixtures. Since all surfactants have the same hydrophobic groups, strengths of interactions are attributed to the structures of hydrophilic headgroups. Electrolyte reduced synergism between n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside and ionic surfactant due to charge neutralization. Industrial sugar-based surfactant, dodecyl polyglucoside, yielded results similar to that with dodecyl maltoside, implying that tested commercial alkyl polyglucosides are similar to the pure laboratory samples in synergistic interactions with other surfactants. Fluorescence study not only supported the cmc results using tensiometry, but showed that interfaces of all the above mixed micelle/solution interfaces are mildly hydrophobic. Based on these results, an attempt is made to discover the nature of interactions to be a combination of intermolecular potential energies and free energy due to packing of surfactant molecules in micelles.     

Shear rheology and porous media flow of wormlike micelle solutions formed by mixtures of surfactants of opposite charge

The rheology of solutions of wormlike micelles formed by oppositely charged surfactant mixtures (cationic cetyl trimethylammonium p-toluene sulfonate, CTAT, and anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS), in the dilute and semi-dilute regimes, were studied under simple shear and porous media flows. Aqueous mixtures of CTAT and SDS formed homogeneous solutions for SDS/CTAT molar ratios below 0.12. Solutions of mixtures exhibited a strong synergistic effect in shear viscosity, especially in the semi-dilute regime with respect to wormlike micelles, reaching a four order of magnitude increase in the zero-shear rate viscosity for solutions with 20 mM CTAT. Oscillatory shear results demonstrated that the microstructure of CTAT wormlike micelles is sensitive to SDS addition. The cross-over relaxation times of wormlike micelles of 20 mM CTAT solutions increased by three orders of magnitude with the addition of up to 2 mM of SDS, and the solutions became increasingly elastic. The shear thickening process observed in shear rheology became more pronounced in porous media flow due to the formation of stronger cooperative structures induced by the extensional component of the flow.     

A new surfactant-fluorescence probe for detecting shape transitions in self-assembled systems

A new kind of fluorescence probe, a fluorophore-labeled anionic surfactant, sodium 12-(N-dansyl)amino-dodecanate (12-DAN-ADA), was designed and synthesized. The applications of 12-DAN-ADA as a fluorescence probe in molecular assemblies, especially in the transitions between micelles and vesicles, were investigated systematically. It was found that 12-DAN-ADA can efficiently differentiate the two different aggregate types (shapes) in mixed cationic and anionic surfactant systems and double-chain cationic surfactant systems. Experimental results showed that the fluorescence anisotropy of 12-DAN-ADA increased sharply, the emission maxima became blue-shifted, and the fluorescence lifetime rose notably when the aggregates transformed from micelles to vesicles in mixed cationic and anionic surfactant systems. The fluorescence anisotropy can also distinguish different aggregate types in single-component double-chain cationic surfactant systems. Further studies demonstrated that 12-DAN-ADA is a more useful probe of transitions between micelles and vesicles than commonly used fluorescence probes, such as pyrene and 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH).     

Interaction of acridine orange monohydrochloride dye with sodiumdodecylsulfate, (SDS) cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide (CTAB) and p-tert-octylphenoxypolyoxy ethanol (Triton X 100) surfactants

Summary Results of spectrophotometric, conductometric and dialysis studies on the interaction of acridine orange monohydrochloride dye with sodiumdodecylsulfate (anionic), cetyltrimethylammoniumbromide (cationic) and Triton X 100 (nonionic) surfactants have been reported. The anionic surfactant, SDS has been observed to undergo both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions with the dye cation. Aggregation of the dye molecules can be destroyed when the surfactant is in large excess, whereas, excess dye can check micellization of SD S. At a ratio of AO:SDS=1:7 and above, dye embedded mixed micelles are formed. These remain in a separate phase, probably as coacervates. At lower ratios than 1:7, aggregation of dye molecules is induced, which being complexed with SDS become stabilized as colloids. The colloid and the coacervate have been observed to be thermally stable, negatively charged materials that can be broken by salts, and cations of higher valency are more effective in this regard. An 1:3 = AO:SDS colloid has beeen found to be sufficiently large like the coacervates to pass through a membrane having cut off permeability for molecular weights 12,000 and above. All the above features of AO-SDS interaction have been observed to be absent for AO-CTAB and AO-TX 100 systems, Even hydrophobic interaction has played an insignificant role in these cases. Thus, the dye cation, the cationic and the nonionic surfactants have almost retained their self physicochemical identities in solution in the presence of each other. Electrostatic interaction is thus the primary requirement for acridine orange-surfactant (anionic) system; the hydrophobic effect is secondary and may become co-operative.With 9 figures and 2 tables     

Metal-driven viscoelastic wormlike micelle in anionic/zwitterionic surfactant systems and template-directed synthesis of dendritic silver nanostructures

In this work, metal ion-induced viscoelastic wormlike micelles in anionic/zwitterionic surfactant solutions (sodium dodecylsulfate/tetradecyldimethylammoniumpropanesulfonate, SDS/TPS) are reported. Steady and dynamic rheology and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) are employed to characterize wormlike micelles in the SDS/TPS/Ca(NO(3))(2) system. Moreover, the surfactant mixing ratio and surfactant tail length are varied to reveal the factors that influence wormlike micelle growth and solution viscoelasticity. A series of metal ions such as Na(+), Mg(2+), Zn(2+), and Al(3+) are proven to promote viscoelastic wormlike micelle formation in the SDS/TPS system. The metal-containing wormlike micelles are expected to be good candidates for directing the synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials. In this article, dendritic silver nanostructures have been prepared in the surfactant wormlike micelle by in situ UV irradiation for the first time.     

Rheological Properties of Wormlike Micelles Formed by Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide and Sodium Laurate

Aqueous solutions of mixed cationic and anionic surfactants, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium laurate (SL), have been studied by steady-state rheology and dynamic oscillatory technique. Wormlike micelles can form due to attractive interactions between the oppositely charged headgroups of CTAB and SL. The wormlike micelles formed by CTAB/SL have been compared with that of cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB)/SL by steady-state rheology method. Effects of additional components such as NaBr, 1-propanol, 1-butanol, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) on the micelles formation process have also been investigated. Cole-Cole plot has been applied to study the dynamic viscoelasticity of the wormlike micelles.     

以阴离子表面活性剂/阳离子聚铵复合胶束为模板合成有序介孔二氧化硅

基于静电作用, 阴离子表面活性剂可与阳离子聚铵组装形成复合胶束. 借助阳离子聚铵,复合胶束可以作为模板与硅源协同组装, 形成高度有序的介孔二氧化硅. 本文通过调变不同种类阴离子表面活性剂、合成体系pH值、合成温度及阳离子聚铵和硅源用量等因素, 合成了具有不同介观结构和形貌的介孔二氧化硅. 实验证实阴离子表面活性剂/阳离子聚铵复合胶束模板法是合成介孔二氧化硅的一种通用方法.     

Impacting the length of wormlike micelles using mixed surfactant systems

The effect of adding an alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant (C(18)E(18)) to aqueous solutions of a cationic surfactant, erucyl bis(hydroxyethyl) methylammonium chloride (EHAC,CH(3)(CH(2))(7)(CH)(2)(CH(2))(12)N(+)-(CH(2)CH(2)OH)(2)CH(3)Cl(-)), was studied using small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), steady-state rheology, and cryo-transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM). This cationic surfactant has the ability to self-assemble into giant wormlike micelles in the presence of an electrolyte, such as KCl. In salt-free solutions, the mixture of the two surfactants gave rise to spherical micelles. The scattering curves obtained were fitted with a polydisperse core-shell model combined with a Hayter Penfold potential. The inner and outer radii were found to be dependent on the surfactant ratio. In the presence of KCl, mixed wormlike micelles were formed. However, further addition of C(18)E(18) promoted the breaking of the micellar worms with the appearance of a structure peak in the scattering curves. In addition, it was found that the low shear viscosity is decreased upon addition of the alcohol ethoxylate nonionic surfactant. These findings are in good qualitative agreement with the Cryo-TEM images. The results show that the addition of the nonionic surfactant to the system is a method of controlling the worm length.