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The polarity of the polyethylene oxide(PEO)/silica interface in 1,2-dichloroethane as solvent is classified by means of linear solvation energy (LSE) relationships . The properties of the bare silica particle surface and the silica/PEO interface is expressed by two terms: the dipolarity/polarizability (π*) of the interface and the hydrogen-bond donating ability (α) of the surface silanols. These terms can be defined by using the Kamlet–Taft solvent parameters α and π* as a reference system. The interfacial polarity parameters α and π* were calculated by means of correlation analyses of the energy of the UV/vis absorption maxima of the surface polarity indicators: di-cyano-bis(1,10-phenanthroline) iron II, bis-4,4′-(N,N-dimethylamino) benzophenone, and 2,6-diphenyl-4-(2,4,6-triphenyl-N-pyridino)phenolate when adsorbed onto the PEO/silica particle surface. The experimental values of the E T(30) parameter of the PEO/silica interface are compared with independently calculated values employing specific LSE relations derived for well-behaved regular solvents and functionalized silicas. PEO adsorption on silica causes a decrease in the value of the α parameter of the silica surface and an evident increase in the dipolarity/polarizability of the interface.
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Received: 16 December 1998 Accepted in revised form: 8 January 1999
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Spange, S., Vilsmeier, E. Solvatochromic studies on the hydrogen-bond donating and dipolarity/polarizability properties of the polyethylene oxide/silica interface. Colloid Polym Sci 277, 687–693 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960050441
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960050441