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Synthesis and Thermodynamic Properties of Rosin-Based Cationic Gemini Surfactants

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Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

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A series of rosin-based cationic gemini surfactants with different spacer length (n = 2, 3, 4) were synthesized and characterized. Surface activity and micellization parameters including the critical micelle concentration, the degree of counterion dissociation, and thermodynamic functions of micellization in aqueous solutions have been investigated. Free energy perturbation was performed to study the enthalpy-entropy compensation of the synthesized gemini surfactants in aqueous solutions. The experimental results showed that the micellization of rosin-based gemini surfactants in aqueous solutions is a spontaneous and entropy-driven process. The micellization process was found to follow the entropy–enthalpy compensation phenomenon.

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Acknowledgments

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51363004), Guangxi Commission of Science and Technology (2012GXNSFAA053212), Funds from Key Laboratory of New Processing Technology for Nonferrous Metals and Materials (2KF-12), Guangxi Small Highland Innovation Team of Talents in Colleges and Universities, and Guangxi Funds for Specially-appointed Expert.

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    Weixing Deng, Yongchang Zhang, Yuanwei Zhong & Jinwen Peng

  2. Key Laboratory for Organic Electronics and Information Displays (KLOEID) and Institute of Advanced Materials (IAM), Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT), 9 Wenyuan Road, Nanjing, 210046, Jiangsu, China

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Deng, W., Zhang, Y., Zhong, Y. et al. Synthesis and Thermodynamic Properties of Rosin-Based Cationic Gemini Surfactants. J Surfact Deterg 17, 453–458 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-013-1559-9

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