Dynamic surface tension of micellar solutions studied by the maximum bubble pressure method. 1. Experiment

The effect of the micelles on the dynamic surface tension of micellar surfactant solutions is studied experimentally by means of the maximum bubble pressure method. Different frequencies of bubbling ranging approximately between 1 and 30 s^–1 are applied. The time dependence of the surface tension is calculated using a dead time correction. Water solutions of two types of surfactants with different concentrations are investigated: sodium dodecyl sulfate and nonylphenol polyglycol ether. The surface tension relaxes more quickly in the presence of micelles. The characteristic times of relaxation of the surface tension seem to be in the millisecond range. The time constants observed experimentally are explained in terms of the theory of surfactant diffusion affected by micellization kinetics.     

The surface tension of aqueous polyvinylamine and copolymers with <Emphasis Type="Italic">N</Emphasis>-vinylformamide

 The surface tensions of aqueous poly(N-vinylformamide) (PNVF), polyvinylamine (PVAM), and PNVF–PVAM copolymers were measured as functions of pH. The nonionic PNVF gave a pH-independent surface tension of 68 mN/m. The surface tension of PVAM was pH dependent; at pH 10 it was 56 mN/m, whereas it was 71.5 mN/m at pH 3.5. The transition from higher to lower surface tension values occurred most dramatically between pH 8 and 9, reflecting the dissociation behavior of the amine groups. The copolymers showed intermediate behavior. Received: 20 August 2001 Accepted: 26 September 2001     

The effect of interface deformation due to gravity on line tension measurement by the capillary rise in a conical tube

Much research has been done on line tension measurement and interpretation, and attempts have also been made to measure line tension with simple, cheap and reliable methods that do not require excessive sophistication. Of particular interest is the method of determining line tensions of solid–liquid–vapor systems from the capillary rise in a conical tube. This simple and relatively inexpensive method gives line tension values comparable to those reported in the literature obtained via highly sophisticated instruments or techniques such as the well known axisymmetric drop shape analysis technique. The absolute value of line tension obtained using the conical tube method and assuming a spherical liquid–vapor interface is larger but of the same order of magnitude (1 μJ m⁻¹) as that reported in the literature. A theoretical analysis presented herein shows that by including the deformation of the liquid–vapor interface due to gravity in the conical capillary analysis, the line tension value inferred from the experimental data is reduced by approximately 50% and compares better with values in the literature obtained using other sophisticated methods. Thus a relatively simple, cheap, accurate and reliable method of line tension measurement has been advanced.     

Surface tension and universality in the three-dimensional Ising model

The amplitude ₀ of the interfacial free energy per unit area (or surface tension) of the body-centered-cubic Ising model is found using a direct monte carlo simulation technique. The combination ²/k_BT_c, where is the correlation length, is shown to agree within the precision of the simulations with a previously reported estimate for the simple cubic lattice. Evidence is also presented for the universality of the finite-size scaling amplitude for the surface tension.     

Surface tension measurements in the study of molecular complexes

Surface tension measurements can be used to investigate molecular complex formation in liquid solutions for strong and weak complexes. The association constant and epthalpy for triethylamine-iodine, hexamethylbenzene-tetracyanoethylene and ethanol-iodine in cyclohexane are 4·55×10³, 218 and 0.93M⁻¹ at 25° C and 12·5, 7·7 and 5·1 kcal/mol respectively. These values compare well with those reported in the literature by other methods.     

On the mechanism of growth of cells (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) in the mixed aqueous two-phase system

The growth ofBacillus amyloliquefaciens in the aqueous two-phase system, made up of polyethylene glycol, dextran, and water, was investigated. Generally,Bacillus partitions in the dextran phase, but the magnitude of the separation depends largely on the overall composition of polymers in the phase system. The kinetics of growth ofBacillus amyloliquefaciens was studied in the polyethylene glycol-rich continuous phase, dextran-rich dispersed phase, and in the mixed phase. From the kinetic data it appears that increasing the overall polymer composition causes the cells to adsorp at the interface. On the other hand, partition measurements indicate that increasing polymer concentrations make the cell partitioning more one-sided. This anomaly is explained by studying the interfacial adsorption of cells via dynamic surface tension measurements.     

离子液体BMIBF4性质的研究

用最大气泡法和韦氏天平法, 在278.15～343.15 K范围内测定了离子液体BMIBF₄的表面张力和密度; 讨论了这个离子液体的体积性质和表面性质; 根据离子个头大又极不对称的特点, 提出了离子液体的空隙模型. 根据空隙模型计算的离子液体恒压热膨胀系数与实验值相比, 偏差在10%左右.     

十二烷基甜菜碱与聚乙烯吡咯烷酮相互作用的研究

通过表面张力测定和13CNMR、ESR波谱研究了十二烷基甜菜碱（C12BE）与聚乙烯吡咯烷酮（PVP）的相互作用．表面张力测定表明,在pH＝6．5及NaCI存在下,C12BE与PVP之间有明显的相互作用,可形成C12BE／PVP复合物,且C12BE－PVP混合溶液的β－lgc曲线出现2个转折点,第一个转折点时C12BE浓度c1（C12BE－PVP开始缔合）低于C12BE的cmc值;而第二个转折点时C12BE浓度c2（C12BE－PVP缔合达饱和）大于cmc值．（c2─c1）与PVP浓度呈线性关系．PVP降低C12BE胶束化标准自由能（△G0）随PVP浓度增加而增大．13CNMR测定表明,PVP骨架上α-CH、β-CH2和吡咯环上与N相连的亚甲基吸附于C12BE胶束表面的碳氢链部位,屏蔽了C12BE胶束表面碳氢链与水的接触．ESR波谱表明,PVP－C12BE聚集体"界面"的粘度高于C12BE胶束"界面"的粘度．     

An investigation of the aggregation and water-air interfacial behaviour of a cationic tentacle molecule

The aggregation and air-water interface properties of a three-legged tentacle molecule tris (11-pyridinium undec-1-yl)benzene-1, 3, 5-tricarboxylate tribromide have been investigated by measurement of the molar conductance, , and equilibrium surface tensin,, over a wide range of bulk concentration (8×10^–6 – 0.3 M). In contrast to the single chain analogue, dodecyl pyridinium bromide, DDPB, the tentacle species shows no evidence for a conventional micellar transition in solutions up to 100 fold more concentrated than the critical micelle concentration of DDPB, though aggregation of small numbers of molecules cannot be excluded. The conductance behaviour suggests the occurrence of ion-pair (or higher) equilibria, which are likely to complicate the interpretation of the data. Also, in contrast to a previous tentacle molecule described in the literature, the present species is significantly surface active, and in the high concentration limit reduces to <30 mNm^–1, significantly lower than the values obtained for simple ionic amphiphiles. In this region the tentacle species seems to stand like a tripod at the water-air interface with both its hydrocarbon legs and its aromatic body lifted clear of the water surface. At much lower concentrations two small plateau regions in are apparent ( 60 and 52 mNm^–1). Here, the tentacle molecule occupies a much larger surface area, and seems to adopt a crab-like crouch with its aromatic body and polar ester substituents lowered into the water surface.     

Double-Layer Contribution to the Surface Tension of Halides of Alkali Metals

Effects of interface charging on the surface tension of simple halides of alkali metals are analyzed. The surface tension, computed within the density functional theory in an approximation of the squared density gradient using a parametrized profile and a mean spherical approximation for a local free energy, satisfactorily conforms to experiment.