Interactions between adsorbed layers of cationic gemini surfactants

The forces acting between glass and between mica surfaces in the presence of two cationic gemini surfactants, 1,4 diDDAB (1,4-butyl-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide)) and 1,12 diDDAB (1,12-dodecyl-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide)), have been investigated below the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the surfactants using two different surface force techniques. In both cases, it was found that a recharging of the surfaces occurred at a surfactant concentration of about 0.1 x cmc, and at all surfactant concentrations investigated repulsive double-layer forces dominated the interaction at large separations. At smaller separations, attractive forces, or regions of separation with (close to) constant force, were observed. This was interpreted as being due to desorption and rearrangement in the adsorbed layer induced by the proximity of a second surface. Analysis of the decay length of the repulsive double-layer force showed that the majority of the gemini surfactants were fully dissociated. However, the degree of ion pair formation, between a gemini surfactant and a bromide counterion, increased with increasing surfactant concentration and was larger for the gemini surfactant with a shorter spacer length.     

Adsorption of mixtures of nonionic sugar-based surfactants with other surfactants at solid/liquid interfaces II. Adsorption of n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside with a cationic surfactant and a nonionic ethoxylated surfactant on solids

Synergy and antagonism between sugar-based surfactants, a group of environmentally benign surfactants, and cationic surfactants and nonionic ethoxylated surfactants have been investigated in this study with solids which adsorbs only one or other when presented alone. Sugar-based n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside (DM) does not adsorb on silica by itself. However, in mixtures with cationic dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) and nonionic nonylphenol ethoxylated decyl ether (NP-10), DM adsorbs on silica through hydrophobic interactions. In contrast, although DM does adsorb on alumina, the presence of NP-10 reduces the adsorption of DM as well as that of the total surfactant adsorption. Such synergistic/antagonistic effects of sugar-based n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside (DM) in mixtures with other surfactants at solid/liquid interfaces were systematically investigated and some general rules on synergy/antagonism in mixed surfactant systems are identified. These results have implications for designing surfactant combinations for controlled adsorption or prevention of adsorption.     

Forces between silica surfaces with adsorbed cationic surfactants: influence of salt and added nonionic surfactants

Forces have been measured between silica surfaces with adsorbed surfactants by means of a bimorph surface force apparatus. The surfactants used are the cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTAB) and the nonionic surfactant hexakis(ethylene glycol) mono-n-tetradecyl ether (C(14)E(6)) as well as mixtures of these two surfactants. The measurements were made at elevated pH, and the effect of salt was studied. At high pH the glass surface is highly charged, which increases the adsorption of TTAB. Despite the low adsorption generally seen for nonionic surfactants on silica at high pH, addition of C(14)E(6) has a considerable effect on the surface forces between two glass surfaces in a TTAB solution. The barrier force is hardly affected, but the adhesion is reduced remarkably. Also, addition of salt decreases the adhesion, but increases the barrier force. In the presence of salt, addition of C(14)E(6) also increases the thickness of the adsorbed layer. The force barrier height is also shown to be related to literature values for surface pressure data in these systems.     

Alpha-Lactalbumin is unfolded by all classes of surfactants but by different mechanisms

We show that all four classes of surfactants (anionic, cationic, non-ionic, and zwitterionic) denature alpha-lactalbumin (alphaLA), making alphaLA an excellent model system to compare their denaturation mechanisms. This involves at least two steps in all surfactants but is more complex in charged surfactants due to their strong binding properties. At very low concentrations, charged surfactants bind specifically as monomers, but the first denaturation process only sets in when 4-10 surfactant molecules are bound to form clusters on the protein surface and is followed by a second loss of structure as 20-25 surfactant molecules are bound. Sub-micellar interactions can be modeled as simple independent binding at multiple sites which does not achieve saturation before micelle formation sets in. In contrast, no specific sub-micellar surfactant binding is detected by calorimetry in the presence of zwitterionic and non-ionic surfactants, and denaturation only occurs around the cmc. Unfolding rates are very rapid in charged surfactants and reach a similar plateau level around the cmc, indicating that monomers and micelles operate on a mutually exclusive basis. In contrast, unfolding occurs slowly in zwitterionic and non-ionic surfactants and the rate increases with the cmc, suggesting that monomers cooperate with micelles in denaturation.     

Proximal adsorption at glass surfaces: ionic strength, pH, chain length effects

The adsorption and desorption of pyridinium chloride surfactants on borosilicate glass are studied as a function of the separation between two glass-solution interfaces. Both the adsorption and desorption change exponentially with the separation; the decay is equal to the solution Debye length. Changes in adsorption are smaller at pH 1.8 (near the point of zero charge of glass) than at pH 6. These results are consistent with an electrostatic cause for the changes in adsorption. The magnitude of the adsorption regulation, however, depends on the length of the alkyl chain and the surface excess of the surfactant. Therefore, proximal adsorption in this system depends on the coupling between the long-range electrostatic forces and the short-range chain-chain interactions. The equation of state for the surfactant on a regulating surface is discussed with respect to changes in intersurface separation.     

Interaction of sodium N-lauroylsarcosinate with N-alkylpyridinium chloride surfactants: spontaneous formation of pH-responsive, stable vesicles in aqueous mixtures

The interaction of sodium N-lauroylsarcosinate (SLS) with N-cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) and N-dodecylpyridinium chloride (DPC) was investigated in aqueous mixtures. A strong interaction between the anionic and cationic surfactants was observed. The interaction parameter, β was determined for a wide composition range and was found to be negative. The mixed systems were found to have much lower critical micelle concentration (cmc) and surface tension at cmc. The surfactant mixtures exhibit synergism in the range of molar fractions investigated. The self-assembly formation in the mixtures of different compositions and total concentrations were studied using a number of techniques, including surface tension, fluorescence spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), confocal fluorescence microscopy (CFM). Thermodynamically stable unilamellar vesicles were observed to form upon mixing of the anionic and cationic surfactants in a wide range of composition and concentrations in buffered aqueous media. TEM as well as DLS measurements were performed to obtain shape and size of the vesicular structures, respectively. These unilamellar vesicles are stable for periods as long as 3 months and appear to be the equilibrium form of aggregation. Effect of pH, and temperature on the stability was investigated. The vesicular structures were observed to be stable at pH as low as 2.0 and at biological temperature (37°C). In presence of 10 mol% of cholesterol the mixed surfactant vesicles exhibited leakage of the encapsulated calcein dye, showing potential application in pH-triggered drug release.     

支链化阳离子和甜菜碱表面活性剂对聚四氟乙烯表面润湿性的影响

利用座滴法研究了支链化阳离子表面活性剂十六烷基羟丙基氯化铵(C₁₆GPC)和两性离子表面活性剂十六烷基羧酸甜菜碱(C₁₆GPB)在聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)表面上的吸附机制和润湿性质, 考察了表面活性剂浓度对表面张力、接触角、粘附张力、固液界面张力和粘附功的影响趋势. 研究发现, 低浓度条件下, 表面活性剂疏水支链的多个亚甲基基团与PTFE表面发生相互作用, 分子以平躺的方式吸附到固体界面; 支链化表面活性剂形成胶束的阻碍较大, 浓度大于临界胶束浓度(cmc)时, C₁₆GPC和C₁₆GPB分子在固液界面上继续吸附, 与PTFE作用的亚甲基基团减少, 分子逐渐直立, 固液界面自由能(γ_sl)明显降低. 对于支链化的阳离子和甜菜碱分子, 接触角均在浓度高于cmc后大幅度降低.     

Determination of zwitterionic and cationic surfactants by high-performance liquid chromatography with chemiluminescenscent nitrogen detection

The use of chemiluminescent nitrogen specific detection (CLND) combined with an HPLC separation allows for the identification and quantification of cationic and zwitterionic surfactants. The CLND provides equimolar responses, based on the amount of nitrogen within any compound. This allows for the detection of any nitrogen containing surfactant. Reversed-phase separation methods using cyano columns are developed for cationic and zwitterionic (sulfobetaine) surfactant mixtures. The limits of detection for these surfactants are in the single micromolar range (1 ng N). A linear response was obtained (R2=0.9981) between 50 microM and 5 mM. The methodology was then applied to the determination of an industrial zwitterionic surfactant, Rewoteric AM CAS U [coco(amidopropyl)hydroxyldimethylsulfobetaine].     

Adsorption of ionic surfactants at an expanding air-water interface

A quantitative model for the kinetics of adsorption of ionic surfactants to an expanding liquid surface is presented for surfactant concentrations below and above the critical micelle concentration (cmc). For surfactant concentrations below the cmc, the electrostatic double layer is accounted for explicitly in the adsorption isotherm. An overflowing cylinder (OFC) was used to create nonequilibrium liquid surfaces under steady-state conditions. Experimental measurements of the surface excess for solutions of cationic surfactants CH3(CH2)n-1N+(CH3)3 Br- (CnTAB, n = 12, 14, 16) and the anionic fluorocarbon surfactant sodium bis(1H,1H-nonafluoropentyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (di-CF4) in the OFC are in excellent agreement with the theoretical predictions for diffusion-controlled adsorption for all concentrations studied below the cmc. For surfactant concentrations above cmc, the diffusion ofmicelles and monomers are handled separately under the assumption of fast micellar breakdown. This simplified model gives excellent agreement for the system C14TAB + 0.1 M NaBr above the cmc. Agreement between theory and experiment for C16TAB + 0.1 M NaBr is less good. A plausible explanation for the discrepancy is that micellar breakdown is no longer fast on the time scale of the OFC (ca. 0.1 s).     

Rates of Mass Transfer and Adsorption of Hexadecyltrimethylammonium Bromide at an Expanding Air-Water Interface

An overflowing cylinder (OFC) provides a convenient method for studying nonequilibrium liquid interfaces under steady-state conditions. In the presence of surfactants in solution, large accelerations in the surface velocity are observed as a result of Marangoni effects. The surface expansion rate is approximately uniform over the surface of the OFC and falls in the range of 1-10 s(-1). In this paper, a quantitative model is presented for the mass transport to the expanding surface of the OFC. The model is then used to analyze experimental measurements of surface expansion rates and surface excess for solutions of a cationic surfactant, hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), obtained by laser Doppler scattering and neutron reflection, respectively. The experimental results are in satisfactory agreement with the predictions of diffusion-controlled adsorption close to the critical micelle concentration (cmc). At concentrations well above and well below the cmc, kinetic barriers to adsorption appear to exist. The data at low concentrations are discussed in terms of a model for mass transport through the electrical double layer. At high concentrations, double-layer effects are negligible and steric barriers to adsorption are postulated. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.     

Interactions between nonpolar surfaces coated with the nonionic surfactant hexaoxyethylene dodecyl ether C12E6 and the origin of surface charges at the air/water interface

The interactions between nonpolar surfaces coated with the nonionic surfactant hexaoxyethylene dodecyl ether C12E6 were investigated using two techniques and three different types of surfaces. As nonpolar surfaces, the air/water interface, silanated negatively charged glass, and thiolated uncharged gold surfaces were chosen. The interactions between the air/water interfaces were measured with a thin film pressure balance in terms of disjoining pressure as a function of film thickness. The interactions between the solid/liquid interfaces were determined using a bimorph surface force apparatus. The influence of the nature of the surface on the interaction forces was investigated at surfactant concentrations below and above the cmc. The adsorption of the nonionic surfactant on the uncharged thiolated surface does not, as expected, lead to any buildup of a surface charge. On the other hand, adsorption of C12E6 on the charged silanated glass and the charged air/water interface results in a lowering of the surface charge density. The reduction of the surface charge density on the silanated glass surfaces is rationalized by changes in the dielectric permittivity around the charged silanol groups. The reason for the surface charge observed at the air/water interface as well as its decrease with increasing surfactant concentration is discussed and a new mechanism for generation of OH- ions at this particular interface is proposed.     

Analysis of interfacial and micellar behavior of sodium dioctyl sulphosuccinate salt (AOT) with zwitterionic surfactants in aqueous media

The interfacial and bulk properties of mixtures of the anionic surfactant (dioctyl sulphosuccinate sodium salt, AOT) with zwitterionic surfactants 3-(N,N-dimethyldodecylammonio) propane sulfonate (DPS), 3-(N,N-dimethyltetradecylammonio) propane sulfonate (TPS), 3-(N,N-dimethylhexadecylammonio) propane sulfonate (HPS) have been studied employing surface tension, fluorescence, and viscometric techniques in aqueous media at 25 °C. It is observed that these mixtures exhibit synergism and these synergistic interactions increase with the enhancement of the hydrocarbon chain of the zwitterionic surfactant. The various physicochemical properties such as critical micelle concentration (cmc), surface excess concentration (Г(max)), minimum area per molecule (A(min)), aggregation number (N(agg)), interaction parameters (β(σ), β(m)), and thermodynamic parameters such as standard Gibbs free energy of adsorption (ΔG(ads)(o)), excess free energy of micellization (ΔG(ex)), and standard Gibbs free energy of micellization (ΔG(m)(o)) have been evaluated. The negative values of ΔG(m)(o) and ΔG(ads)(o) show that the micelle formation and adsorption of surfactant at the air/solution interface is energetically favorable, while a negative value of ΔG(ex) ensures stability of the mixed micelles formed. The Regular Solution Approximation, Motomura and Rosen's approaches have been used to explain and compare the results. The packing parameter (p) ensures the formation of vesicles or bilayers for AOT+DPS/TPS mixtures, which can potentially be used as delivery agents for industrial applications.     

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.     

Solubility of LIDOCAINE in Ionic, Nonionic and Zwitterionic Surfactants

The solubility of an anesthetic drug, LIDOCAINE, in water was investigated in the presence of ionic, nonionic and zwitterionic surfactants at 25 °C, and the solubility was found to increase linearly with the surfactant concentration. The molar solubilization ratio, R _m,s, and Gibbs free energy, DG_s^o\Delta G_{\mathrm{s}}^{\mathrm{o}} values for nonionic surfactants fall in the order DDAO > Brij 35 > Brij 30, whereas for ionic and zwitterionic surfactants the order is DDAPS > DTAB > SDS. The high negative values of the Gibbs energies in the cases of DDAO and DDAPS prove them to be better surfactants for solubilizing this drug as compared to the other surfactants.     

Synergistic interactions in the mixed micelles of cationic gemini with zwitterionic surfactants: the pH and spacer effect

Mixed micelle formation of binary cationic gemini (12-s-12, s=4, 6) and zwitterionic (N-dodecyl-N,N-dimethylglycine, EBB) surfactants has been investigated by measuring the surface tension of aqueous solution as a function of total concentration at various pH values from acidic to basic, under conditions of 298.15 K and atmospheric pressure. The results were analyzed by applying regular solution theory (RST), and Motomura's theory, which allows for the calculation of the excess Gibbs energy of micellization purely on the basis of thermodynamic equations. The synergistic interactions of all the investigated cationic gemini + zwitterionic surfactants mixtures were found to be dependent upon the pH of the solution and the length of hydrophobic spacer of gemini surfactant. The evaluated excess Gibbs free energy is negative for all the systems.     

Adsorption of protein-surfactant complexes at the water/oil interface

Interfacial tension measurements have been performed at the water/hexane interface on mixtures of the bovine milk protein β-lactoglobulin and positively charged cationic surfactants (alkytrimethylammonium bromides). The addition of surfactants with different chain lengths leads to the formation of protein-surfactant complexes with different adsorption properties as compared to those of the single protein. In this study, the formation of complexes has been observed clearly for protein-long chain surfactant (TTAB and CTAB) mixtures, which has shown in addition to specific electrostatic interactions the relevance of hydrophobic interactions between surfactant molecules and the protein. The modeling of interfacial tension data by using a mixed adsorption model provides a quantitative understanding of the mixture behavior. Indeed, the value of the adsorption constant of the protein obtained in the presence of surfactants has strongly varied as compared to the single protein. Actually, this parameter which represents the affinity of the molecule for the interface is representative of the hydrophobic character of the compound and so of its surface activity. Even if a more hydrophobic and more surface active protein-surfactant complex has been formed, the replacement of this complex from the interface by surfactants close to their cmc was observed.     

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.     

甲酰胺与正负离子表面活性剂有序溶液的研究

对羧酸钠与烷基三甲基溴化铵1：1混合体系的研究表明：常温下各体系在不同比例甲酰胺（FA）／水混合溶剂中，表面张力随浓度变化均有明显的转折点，显示了混合体系中胶团的存在．实验中发现随混合溶剂中FA比例增加，各体系的临界胶团浓度（cmc）增大．在较高温度下发现在甲酰胺中亦存在着因胶团形成而产生的表面张力-浓度对数（γ－logc）曲线的转折点，利用相分离模型对体系胶团热力学参数进行了计算．并探讨了FA对正负离子表面活性剂囊泡的影响．     

Adsorption and Micellization in Solutions of Dodecylpyridinium Bromide–Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures

Dependences of the surface tension of aqueous solutions of cationic (dodecylpyridinium bromide) and nonionic (Tween 80, Triton X-100) surfactants and their mixtures on total surfactant concentration and solution composition were studied. The values of critical micellization concentration (CMC) and excess free energy of adsorption were determined from tensiometric measurements. Based on Rubingh–Rosen model (approximation of the theory of regular solutions), the compositions of micelles and adsorption layers at the solution–air interface as well as parameters of interaction between the molecules of cationic and nonionic surfactants were calculated for the systems indicated above. It was established that, in the case of surfactant mixtures with considerable difference in the CMCs, the micelles of individual surfactant with lower CMC value are formed. The effect of negative deviation from the ideality during the adsorption of surfactants from mixed solutions at the solution–air interface was disclosed. It was shown that the interaction energy depends significantly on the composition of mixed systems.     

阴、阳离子表面活性剂混合体系在硅胶/水及硅胶/矿化水界面上的吸附

研究阴、阳离子表面活性剂混合体系(十二烷基氯代吡啶,辛基磺酸钠,辛基三乙基溴化铵/十二烷基苯磺酸钠)在硅胶,纯水和硅胶,矿化水界面上的吸附作用,探讨阴(阳)离子表面活性剂的存在对阳(阴)离子表面活性剂吸附作用的影响．结果表明,阴离子表面活性剂的存在基本不影响阳离子表面活性剂在带负电固体表面的吸附;而阳离子表面活性剂的存在却使本来吸附量就不大的阴离子表面活性剂在带负电的固体表面上不再吸附．在矿化水中阳离子表面活性剂的吸附量比在纯水中明显降低．从硅胶表面吸附机制解释了所得结果．