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Effect of Ionic Head Group on Admicelle Formation by Polymerizable Surfactants

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One of the problems of using surfactant-modified adsorbents in a surfactant-based adsorption process is loss of surfactant because of desorption. Recently, polymerizable surfactants have been used to minimize surfactant losses by polymerization of the surfactant admicellar structure to help secure it to the solid oxide surface. In this study, adsorption of polymerizable cationic gemini surfactant was used to form polymerized bilayers on silica. UV light was used to irradiate and initiate the polymerization process. Surfactant adsorption and desorption were evaluated to compare the efficiency of polymerized and non-polymerized surfactants using gemini and conventional surfactants, respectively. Results demonstrate that the increased stability of the polymerized surfactant-modified surface can reduce the desorption of surfactant from the surface, thereby improving operating characteristics of the surfactant-modified media (e.g., maintaining adsolubilization potential, dispersion stability, etc.).

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Acknowledgments

Financial support for this work was provided by National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management (NCE-EHWM), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. In addition, financial support for this research was received from The 90th Year Anniversary of Chulalongkorn University (Ratchadaphiseksomphot Endowment Fund), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Financial support was also received from the industrial sponsors of the Institute for Applied Surfactant Research (IASR), University of Oklahoma, USA, including Akzo Noble, Clorox, Conoco/Phillips, Church & Dwight, Ecolab, Halliburton, Huntsman, Oxiteno, Proctor & Gamble, Sasol, Shell, and Unilever. In addition, funds from the Sun Oil Company Chair (DAS) at the University of Oklahoma helped support this research. Finally, many thanks are extended to Dr. Kazuyuki Tsubone and Dr. Abe Mazahiko from Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan who supplied the samples of polymerizable surfactants used in this research.

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  1. National Center of Excellence for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    Emma Asnachinda

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

    Sutha Khaodhiar

  3. School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, 73019, USA

    David A. Sabatini

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Asnachinda, E., Khaodhiar, S. & Sabatini, D.A. Effect of Ionic Head Group on Admicelle Formation by Polymerizable Surfactants. J Surfact Deterg 12, 379–386 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-009-1125-7

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