Aggregation Behavior of Amino Acid Ionic Liquid Surfactants in Aqueous Media

Light Electric Conductivity Temperature Ionic Liquids Water 01 natural sciences 0104 chemical sciences Surface-Active Agents Scattering, Radiation Surface Tension Thermodynamics Amino Acids
DOI: 10.1021/jp2076275 Publication Date: 2011-10-26T15:38:46Z
ABSTRACT
Self-aggregation of amino acid ionic liquid surfactants (AAILSs) in aqueous solution has been investigated through surface tension, conductivity, steady-state fluorescence, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The critical aggregation concentration (cac) of AAILSs obtained from different techniques showed fairly good agreement. Surface tension measurements have been used to derive surface adsorption properties such as adsorption efficiency (pC(20), effectiveness of surface tension reduction (Π(cac)), and minimum surface area per molecule (A(min)) at the air-water interface. Temperature-dependent conductivity measurements have been used to obtain the degree of counterion binding (β), and the thermodynamic parameters such as standard free energy (ΔG(agg)(0)), enthalpy (ΔH(agg)(0)), and entropy (ΔS(agg)(0)) of aggregation. The aggregation number (N(agg)) for various AAILSs has been derived by using the fluorescence quenching technique. Size of the aggregates has been obtained from DLS and TEM measurements. The aggregation properties of AAILSs have been analyzed as a function of structure of amino acids and compared with those of analogous ionic liquids (ILs) and conventional ionic surfactants. Surface activity of the AAILSs has been found superior to that of analogous ILs and conventional ionic surfactants of the same alkyl chain length.
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