Effect of salt on the equilibrium and nonequilibrium features of polyelectrolyte/surfactant association

The impact of an electrolyte on aqueous mixtures of oppositely charged macromolecules and surfactants is usually explained by assuming an equilibrium association between the components. In this work, it is shown that the nonequilibrium character of polyelectrolyte/surfactant systems plays a crucial...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 27(2011), 15 vom: 02. Aug., Seite 9139-47
1. Verfasser: Pojják, Katalin (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Bertalanits, Edit, Mészáros, Róbert
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2011
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Cetrimonium Compounds Electrolytes Polystyrenes Surface-Active Agents Sodium Chloride 451W47IQ8X polystyrene sulfonic acid 70KO0R01RY mehr... Cetrimonium Z7FF1XKL7A
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Zusammenfassung:The impact of an electrolyte on aqueous mixtures of oppositely charged macromolecules and surfactants is usually explained by assuming an equilibrium association between the components. In this work, it is shown that the nonequilibrium character of polyelectrolyte/surfactant systems plays a crucial role in the interpretation of the effect of salt. Experimental investigations of mixtures of sodium poly(styrenesulfonate) (PSS) and hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) reveal two distinct effects of added sodium chloride (NaCl). At small and moderate NaCl concentrations, the major impact of the electrolyte is manifested in the reduction of the kinetically stable composition range in which the PSS/CTAB mixtures are trapped in the nonequilibrium colloidal dispersion state. The application of high salt concentrations, however, primarily affects the equilibrium phase properties through considerably decreasing the amount of surfactant bound to the polyelectrolyte
Beschreibung:Date Completed 03.11.2011
Date Revised 01.12.2018
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la2021353