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Micellization of anionic gemini surfactants and their interaction with polyacrylamide

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A series of anionic gemini surfactants have been synthesized. The surface properties and micellization process of as-prepared sulfonate gemini surfactants (SGS) and carboxylate gemini surfactant (CGS) have been studied by surface tension measurement and isothermal titration microcalorimetry. Meanwhile, the interaction of these five surfactants with polyacrylamide (PAM) was investigated using surface tension, steady-state fluorescence measurement, and isothermal titration microcalorimetry. The results show that the critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) of above-mentioned surfactants are more than 1 order of magnitude lower than those of corresponding single chain surfactants. Moreover, the enthalpy of micelle formation (ΔH mic) for the investigated gemini surfactants is negative. In the surfactant–PAM systems, the thermodynamic parameters of binding have also been determined. The conclusion may be drawn that the binding strength of SGS onto PAM is stronger than that of CGS, resulting from more compact structure of SGS aggregates. With increasing surfactant hydrophobicity, the values of ΔH agg become more exothermic and a ΔS agg decrease was observed. Therefore, the interaction between SGS and PAM is enthalpy-driven.

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Abbreviations

SGS:

Sulfonate gemini surfactant

CGS:

Carboxylate gemini surfactant

CMC:

Critical micelle concentration

CAC:

Critical aggregation concentration

PAM:

Polyacrylamide

ITC:

Isothermal titration microcalorimetry

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Acknowledgments

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from PetroChina Innovation Foundation (Grant No. 2011D-5006-0211), Educational Commission of Hubei Province of China (Grant No. Q20141302), National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (Grant No. 21225313).

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    Lu Lai, Ping Mei, Xiao-Mei Wu, Cong Hou & Yan-Cheng Zheng

  2. State key laboratory of Virology and Key laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry and Molecule Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China

    Yi Liu

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Lai, L., Mei, P., Wu, XM. et al. Micellization of anionic gemini surfactants and their interaction with polyacrylamide. Colloid Polym Sci 292, 2821–2830 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3304-y

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