Sorption/diffusion behaviour of anionic surfactants in polyacrylamide hydrogels: from experiment to modelling

The sorption and diffusion processes of anionic surfactants with different chain length through polyacrylamide hydrogels with low swelling degree have been studied by electrical conductivity measurements. The multicomponent equilibrium equation has been used to model the sorption isotherms of different anionic surfactant in the hydrogels. Such isotherms show that initial rapid sorption of unimer surfactant into the membranes occurs, suggesting that non-freezing water can be involved in these interactions. In aqueous solution, at concentrations near and above the critical micelle concentration an anti-co-operative region is found. The diffusion coefficients of the anionic surfactants inside the hydrogel matrix show that the mobility of diffusing surfactant entities is dependent on cross-linker concentration and chain length. The Cukier hydrodynamic model and the free volume theory as modified by Peppas and Reinhart were applied to explain the dependence of the diffusion coefficients of surfactant on surfactant concentration inside the hydrogel. The hydrodynamic model was applied with success to the more hydrophilic surfactant, sodium 1-octanesulfonate, showing that the diffusion coefficients, D, increase when the resistance to hydrodynamic medium decreases; when the surfactant chain length increases (sodium dodecyl sulfate and sodium 1-hexadecane sulphonate) the variation of D with the free volume can only be understood considering the sieving effect produced by the surfactant inside gel.     

气相色谱法测定阳离子表面活性剂合成体系中脂肪烷基二甲基叔胺

选用HP-NINOWax毛细管色谱柱及氢火焰离子化检测器（FID），采用程序升温，建立了4种脂肪烷基二甲基叔胺的分析方法。结果表明，4种脂肪烷基二甲基叔胺质量浓度在0.005~1.0 g/L范围内，其峰面积与质量浓度有良好的线性关系，相关系数（R²）在0.9996以上。检出限（LODs，信噪比为3）在0.001~0.002 g/L之间，定量限（LOQs，信噪比为10）在0.003~0.005 g/L之间，回收率在90%~130%之间，相对标准偏差为1.3%~6.9%（n=6）。方法的线性范围宽、回收率高、选择性好，可用于叔胺的产品质量分析及生产过程控制分析。利用该方法对阳离子表面活性剂合成反应中十六烷基二甲基叔胺进行监测，结果很好地符合双分子亲核取代反应。该方法比滴定分析法更快速、精确，与液相色谱法相比，不需要进行柱前衍生或者使用色谱-质谱联用仪器。     

Inhomogeneous Distribution of Cationic Surfactants around Anionic Molecular Clusters

An interesting phenomenon is reported when uranyl peroxide nanoclusters U₆₀ (Li_48+mK₁₂(OH)_m[UO₂(O₂)(OH)]₆₀ (H₂O)_n, m≈20 and n≈310) interact with a small number of cationic surfactant molecules. Cationic surfactant molecules do not distribute evenly around the U₆₀ clusters during the interaction as expected. Instead, a small fraction of U₆₀ clusters attract almost all the surfactant molecules, leading to the self-assembly into supramolecular structures by using surfactant–U₆₀ complexes as building locks, and later further aggregate and precipitate based on hydrophobic interaction, whereas the rest of the clusters remained unbounded soluble macroions in bulk dispersion. This phenomenon nicely demonstrates a unique feature of macroion solutions. Considering that Debye–Hückel approximation is no longer valid in such solutions, the competition between the local electrostatic interaction and hydrophobic interaction becomes important to regulate the solution behaviors of macroions.     

Adsorption of<Emphasis Type="Italic"> N</Emphasis>-dodecyl-<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>,<Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate (DDAPS), a model zwitterionic surfactant,on the Au(111) electrode surface

Electrochemical measurements including cyclic voltammetry, differential capacity, and chronocoulometry have been used to characterize the adsorption behaviors of the zwitterionic surfactant N-dodecyl-N,N-dimethyl-3-ammonio-1-propanesulfonate (DDAPS) on the Au(111) electrode surface. The thermodynamics of the ideally polarized electrode have been employed to determine the Gibbs excess and the Gibbs energy of adsorption. The results show that the adsorption of DDAPS has a multistate character. The first two states are observed at potentials close to zero charge. At low bulk DDAPS concentrations, it corresponds to the formation of a film of nearly flat adsorbed molecules. At higher concentrations it is converted into a hemimicellar state. The second state is formed at negative potentials and charge densities close to 0 C cm^–2. It corresponds to a film of tilted molecules oriented with the hydrocarbon tail towards the metal and the polar head toward the solution.Dedicated to Professor Zbigniew Galus on the occasion of his 70^th birthday and in recognition of his many contributions to electrochemistry.     

锑(Ⅲ)-苯基荧光酮-混合表面活性剂光度法测定微量锑

研究在表面活性剂溴化十六烷基三甲基铵(CTMAB)和Tween-80协同作用下,锑(Ⅲ)与苯基荧光酮的显色反应。在硫酸溶液(1+6)介质中,形成的显色配合物的表观摩尔吸光系数ε_(550)=5.09×10~4 L/(m01·cm)。检测锑的线性范围为0～25μg/(25mL),线性回归方程为A=0.0166c+0.0017,相关系数为0.9980,回收率为94.3％～99.2％,测定结果的相对标准偏差为0.43％～1.42％。     

双子表面活性剂研究进展和应用

双子表面活性剂是一类新型的表面活性剂,它是由联结基团通过化学键将两个或多个单体表面活性剂连接在一起,由此产生优异的表面活性等一系列的性质,从而获得了广泛的应用.本文就它的合成进展及在生物技术、抗病毒、环境保护、新材料制备等方面的应用作一介绍。     

Mixed Cationic‐nonionic Surfactants and pH Adjustment Route to Synthesize High‐quality MCM‐48

Using the mixture of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and p‐Octyl polyethylene glycol phenyl ether (OP‐10) as templates, siliceous MCM‐48 materials can be synthesized with low molar ratio of CTAB to silica (0.139:1) and low concentration of mixed surfactants (ca.5%) and within a wide range of OP‐10/CTAB ratio (0.08?0.25). The materials were characterized by X‐ray powder diffraction, N₂ adsorption/desorption isotherm, TEM, TG‐DSC and ²⁹Si MAS NMR. Measurements indicated that the use of mixed surfactants allowed better condensation and higher ordering of the cubic mesostructure; at the same time, some properties of these materials were sensitive to the OP‐10/CTAB ratio. It was also found that the reduced pH of the gel which had been crystallized for a certain time gave a highly reproducible synthesis with a high silica yield (about 95%). Furthermore, the reaction mechanism of the synthesis is discussed in detail.     

Synthesis of Polyaniline Nanobelts

Summary: Polyaniline nanobelts have been synthesized by a self‐assembly process using the chemical oxidative polymerization of aniline in a surfactant gel. The morphologies of polyaniline nanostructures were characterized by field‐emission scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The effects of the concentrations of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on the morphologies of polyaniline nanostructures have also been investigated.

A scanning electron microscopy image of polyaniline nanobelts synthesized with 0.12 M cetyltrimethylammonium bromide at −7 °C.     

表面活性剂对CdSe量子点荧光性能的影响

通过添加不同类型的表面活性剂在水相中制备了CdSe量子点。用透射电子显微镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、X-射线光电子能谱(XPS)对其进行了表征,并用紫外-可见(UV-Vis)和荧光(PL)分光光度法研究了不同类型的表面活性剂对CdSe量子点吸收光谱和荧光光谱的影响。结果表明,加入长链的非离子型和阴离子型表面活性剂制备的CdSe量子点颗粒只有几个纳米,分散性好,量子点的荧光强度也有明显的增强,而加入阳离子表面活性剂制备的量子点颗粒团聚明显,其荧光出现淬灭。