Molecular dynamics study of the influence of surfactant structure on surfactant-facilitated spreading of droplets on solid surfaces

The spreading of a partially wetting aqueous drop in air on a hydrophobic surface can be facilitated by the adsorption of surfactants from the drop phase onto the air/aqueous and aqueous/hydrophobic solid interfaces of the drop. At the contact line at which these interfaces meet, conventional surfac...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 21(2005), 26 vom: 20. Dez., Seite 12160-70
1. Verfasser: Shen, Yangyang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Couzis, Alexander, Koplik, Joel, Maldarelli, Charles, Tomassone, M Silvina
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. Surface-Active Agents
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520 |a The spreading of a partially wetting aqueous drop in air on a hydrophobic surface can be facilitated by the adsorption of surfactants from the drop phase onto the air/aqueous and aqueous/hydrophobic solid interfaces of the drop. At the contact line at which these interfaces meet, conventional surfactants with a linear alkyl hydrophobic chain attached to a polar group adsorb onto the surfaces, forming monolayers which remain distinct as they merge at the contact juncture. The adsorption causes a decrease in the interfacial tensions and reduction in the contact angle but the angle remains above zero so the drop is still nonwetting. Trisiloxane surfactants with a T-shaped geometry in which the hydrophobic group is composed of a trisiloxane oligomer with a polar group attached at the center of the chain can give rise to a zero contact angle at the contact line and complete wetting (superspreading). Experimental evidence suggests the adsorption of the T-shaped molecule, in addition to significantly decreasing the tensions of the interfaces (relative to the conventional surfactants), promotes the formation of a precursor film consisting of a surfactant bilayer at the contact line which facilitates the spreading. The aim of this study is to use molecular dynamics to examine if the T-shaped structure can promote spreading by the formation of a bilayer and to contrast this case with that of the linear chain surfactant where complex assembly does not occur. The simulation models the solvent as a monatomic liquid, the substrate as a particle lattice, and the surfactants as united atom structures, with all interactions given by Lennard-Jones potentials. We start with a base case in which the solvent partially wets a substrate comprised of a lattice of particles. We demonstrate that adsorbed T-shaped surfactant monolayers can, when the interaction between the solvent and the hydrophile particles is strong enough, assemble into a bilayer, allowing the drop to extend to a thin planar film. In the case of the flexible linear chain surfactant, there is no interaction between the monolayers on the two interfaces in the case of a strong hydrophile-solvent interaction and less coordination for a weaker interaction. In either case, the monolayers remain distinct, as the surfactant only marginally improves wetting 
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