A Cationic Fluorocarbon Surfactant DEFUMACl and Its Mixed Systems with Cationic Surfactants: 19F NMR and Surface Tension Study
- 1 May 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 111 (21), 5903-5910
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp0705469
Abstract
A cationic fluorocarbon surfactant system of diethanolheptadecafluoro-2-undecanolmethylammonium chloride (DEFUMACl) and both mixed systems of DEFUMACl/cationic dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTACl) and DEFUMACl/cationic Gemini copolymer was investigated by 19F NMR spectroscopy and surface tension measurements. The critical micelle concentration (cmc) of DEFUMACl by 19F NMR is about 3.40 mmol/L, which is completely consistent with that obtained by the surface tension method. The studies of salt and temperature on the cmc values of DEFUMACl suggest that both salt addition and temperature increase decrease the cmc values of DEFUMACl. 19F NMR measurements provide much richer information on both mixed systems. For the DEFUMACl−DTACl system, two break points were observed with increased total surfactant concentration. The first break point means the DEFUMACl and DTACl mixed micelles and the second one implies the individual DEFUMACl micelles. Results of 19F NMR and surface tension measurements for DEFUMACl/cationic Gemini copolymer mixtures show three peculiar break points, corresponding to the critical association concentration (cac) of DEFUMACl, the concentration where cationic Gemini copolymer molecules become saturated by DEFUMACl micelles, and the concentration where DEFUMACl micelles and cationic Gemini copolymer coexist. These peculiar points in the cationic−fluorocarbon and cationic−copolymer systems were first reported by 19F NMR and surface tension measurements. These results should broaden the useful information for a better understanding of the mechanism of interaction and the behavior of surfactant−polymer mixtures.Keywords
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