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Correlating surface activity with structural and environmental parameters for alkylamidosulfobetaine surfactants

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Surface activities of 3-(N-alkylamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium) alkanesulfonates [(U)n-DAS-m] and their dependence on the environmental and structural parameters were studied systemically. Environmental parameter–property relationship was investigated by changing salinity, pH, and temperature while using 3-(N-tetradecanoamidopropyl-N,N-dimethyl ammonium) propanesulfonates (14-DAS) as a model surfactant, whereas structure–property relationship was studied by changing the length of hydrophobic tail, the introduction of an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond to the hydrophobic tail, and the distance between the positive and negative charges. Notably, the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of alkylamidosulfobetaine surfactants decreases monotonously with increasing NaCl content, following a linear function as lgcmc = A[NaCl] + B. The increase in temperature causes a slight decrease of γ cmc and a slight increase of cmc. The change in pH has no obvious effect on the solution properties of alkylamidosulfobetaine surfactants. The introduction of every two methylene units or an unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond in the hydrophobic tail results in the decrease of cmc by nearly one order of magnitude. The spacer length between the positive and negative charges has little effect on the surface activity of alkylamidosulfobetaines.

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The financial supports from the Natural Science Foundation of China (21173207) and Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2012NZ0006 and 2010JQ0029) are gratefully acknowledged.

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  2. Chengdu Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 9, Section 4, Renmin South Avenue, Chengdu, 610041, People’s Republic of China

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Feng, Y., Chu, Z. Correlating surface activity with structural and environmental parameters for alkylamidosulfobetaine surfactants. Colloid Polym Sci 294, 957–963 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-016-3855-1

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