Effect of alkyl chain asymmetry on catanionic mixtures of hydrogenated and fluorinated surfactants

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2010 Jan 15;341(2):261-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.09.062. Epub 2009 Oct 2.

Abstract

In this work we studied and compared the physicochemical properties of the catanionic mixtures cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide-sodium dodecanoate, cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide-sodium perfluorodacanoate, octyltrimethylammonium bromide-sodium perfluorodacanoate and cetyltrimethyl-ammonium bromide-sodium octanoate by a combination of rheological, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and polarized optical microscopy measurements. The binary mixtures of the surfactants have been analyzed at different mixed ratios and total concentration of the mixture. Mixtures containing a perfluorinated surfactant are able to form lamellar liquid crystals and stable spontaneous vesicles. Meanwhile, system containing just hydrogenated surfactants form hexagonal phases or they are arranged in elongated aggregates.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Anions / chemistry
  • Caprylates / chemistry
  • Cations, Monovalent / chemistry
  • Cetrimonium
  • Cetrimonium Compounds / chemistry
  • Chemical Phenomena*
  • Decanoic Acids / chemistry
  • Fluorocarbons / chemistry
  • Lauric Acids / chemistry
  • Micelles
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Microscopy, Polarization
  • Particle Size
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / chemistry
  • Rheology
  • Surface-Active Agents / chemistry*
  • Viscoelastic Substances / chemistry
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Anions
  • Caprylates
  • Cations, Monovalent
  • Cetrimonium Compounds
  • Decanoic Acids
  • Fluorocarbons
  • Lauric Acids
  • Micelles
  • Quaternary Ammonium Compounds
  • Surface-Active Agents
  • Viscoelastic Substances
  • lauric acid
  • octyltrimethylammonium
  • perfluorodecanoic acid
  • perfluorooctanoic acid
  • octanoic acid
  • Cetrimonium