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The effect of surfactants in the silsesquioxane solution for LbL films assembly

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The interaction of surfactants and hydrophobic polymers in solution has attracted substantial interest due to the broad application in industry. In this study, the interactions of the nonionic surfactant polyethylene glycol-p-(1,1,3,3 tetramethylbutyl)-phenyl ether (Triton X) and anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) with a cationic polymer 3-chloride-n-propylpyridinium silsesquioxane (SiPy+Cl−) and their effects on the layer-by-layer (LbL) film assembly with nickel tetrasulfonated phthalocyanine (NiTsPc) have been analyzed by surface tension, viscosity, and Brewster angle microscopy. As Triton X and SDS surfactants are inserted in the solution containing the polycation SiPy+Cl−, they are immediately incorporated in the hydrophobic nanodomains present in the silsesquioxane skeleton. The association between polyelectrolytes and oppositely charged surfactants starts at very low surfactant concentrations far below the critical micelle concentration, named critical aggregation concentration (cac), which was determined for both surfactants in the presence of SiPy+Cl− (cac Triton X = 2.4 × 10−6 and SDS = 8.2 × 10−7 mol L−1). The coexistence of mixed and pure micelles containing only Triton X and SDS also occurs in higher surfactant concentrations. The implication of these aggregates adsorption on the surface was analyzed in thin films by using the LbL technique. Multilayered films were obtained in presence of surfactants, (T-SiPy/NiTsPc) n or (S-SiPy/NiTsPc) n to compare with LbL films in absence of surfactant (SiPy/NiTsPc) n , and these films were characterized by UV–Vis, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopies to analyze the molecular interactions and to investigate the presence of specific interactions between the polyelectrolytes. The formation of LbL film in the architectures (T-SiPy/NiTsPc) n or (S-SiPy/NiTsPc) n is more efficient in relation to (SiPy/NiTsPc) n LbL films since the presence of the surfactants causes a greater amount of material to be deposited on each bilayer formed. The results of UV–Vis indicate that the film in the presence of SDS has a higher amount of material added to each bilayer. The electrochemical studies of (S-SiPy/NiTsPc)3 film show that the charge transfer resistance is lower than the one observed for the other architectures. Thus, the characteristic hopping electron effect of LbL film may be responsible for lower capacitance and lower resistance of the films. When the surfactant SDS is present, a higher oxidation peak current of dopamine is seen.

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The financial support from CNPq, CLABMU-UEPG, INEO (CNPq) and nBioNet/CAPES (Brazil) is gratefully acknowledged. The authors also would like to thanks the Bernhard Gross research group - Instituto de Física de São Carlos—USP.

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    Rolf de Campos Intema, Ellen C. Wrobel, Sérgio T. Fujiwara, Jarem R. Garcia, Christiana Andrade Pessôa & Karen Wohnrath

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de Campos Intema, R., Wrobel, E.C., Fujiwara, S.T. et al. The effect of surfactants in the silsesquioxane solution for LbL films assembly. J Mater Sci 52, 7647–7663 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-017-1048-z

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