Dynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactants
Dynamic adsorption and surface tension behavior of aqueous fluoro-surfactant solutions has been investigated using a range of experimental techniques, including neutron reflection (NR). Equilibrium tensions, γeq, have been measured by drop volume tensiometry (DVT), and dynamic surface tensions, γdyn...
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| author | Eastoe, J Rankin, A Wat, R Bain, C Styrkas, D Penfold, J |
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| description | Dynamic adsorption and surface tension behavior of aqueous fluoro-surfactant solutions has been investigated using a range of experimental techniques, including neutron reflection (NR). Equilibrium tensions, γeq, have been measured by drop volume tensiometry (DVT), and dynamic surface tensions, γdyn, have been determined using the nonperturbative method, surface light scattering (SLS). Dynamic conditions for NR and SLS measurements were established using an overflowing cylinder (OFC). The OFC provides a dynamic surface on the 0.1-1 s time scale and offers a large (∼50 cm2), near flat surface for interrogating interfacial properties. To exploit these techniques effectively, a fluorocarbon anionic surfactant, sodium bis(1H,1H-nonafluoropentyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (di-CF4) has been specifically selected. Molecular structure effects have been explored with the C6 analogue sodium bis(1H,1H,7H-dodecafluoro-n-heptyl) sulfosuccinate (di-HCF6). Using OFC-NR, dynamic surface excesses, Γdyn, have been measured directly, and these values have been compared to equilibrium coverages, Γeq, determined by DVT and NR. Close to the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of di-CF4 (1.58 mmol dm-3), Γdyn and Γeq are very similar, and the ratio φ = Γdyn/Γeq is unity to within the precision of the experiment. For moderate differences in surface tension, up to Δγ = γdyn - γeq ≤ 15 mN m-1, φ remains close to 1. At concentrations of 0.2-0.7 mmol dm-3, the dynamic surface excess Γdyn is measurably different from the equilibrium value Γeq (φ < 1). This concentration range coincides with the largest differences in surface tension, Δγ. For both di-CF4 and di-HCF6, the maximum values of Δγ and ΔΓ occur around the same bulk concentration, ∼0.7 mmol dm-3, suggesting that dynamic surface behavior is determined mainly by mass transport (which is related to the bulk concentration), rather than surfactant properties such as cmc, for these surfactants. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ceadcc69-af7d-46f8-a5ba-8ac2fafc56ef2022-03-27T07:37:18ZDynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactantsConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:ceadcc69-af7d-46f8-a5ba-8ac2fafc56efSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Eastoe, JRankin, AWat, RBain, CStyrkas, DPenfold, JDynamic adsorption and surface tension behavior of aqueous fluoro-surfactant solutions has been investigated using a range of experimental techniques, including neutron reflection (NR). Equilibrium tensions, γeq, have been measured by drop volume tensiometry (DVT), and dynamic surface tensions, γdyn, have been determined using the nonperturbative method, surface light scattering (SLS). Dynamic conditions for NR and SLS measurements were established using an overflowing cylinder (OFC). The OFC provides a dynamic surface on the 0.1-1 s time scale and offers a large (∼50 cm2), near flat surface for interrogating interfacial properties. To exploit these techniques effectively, a fluorocarbon anionic surfactant, sodium bis(1H,1H-nonafluoropentyl)-2-sulfosuccinate (di-CF4) has been specifically selected. Molecular structure effects have been explored with the C6 analogue sodium bis(1H,1H,7H-dodecafluoro-n-heptyl) sulfosuccinate (di-HCF6). Using OFC-NR, dynamic surface excesses, Γdyn, have been measured directly, and these values have been compared to equilibrium coverages, Γeq, determined by DVT and NR. Close to the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of di-CF4 (1.58 mmol dm-3), Γdyn and Γeq are very similar, and the ratio φ = Γdyn/Γeq is unity to within the precision of the experiment. For moderate differences in surface tension, up to Δγ = γdyn - γeq ≤ 15 mN m-1, φ remains close to 1. At concentrations of 0.2-0.7 mmol dm-3, the dynamic surface excess Γdyn is measurably different from the equilibrium value Γeq (φ < 1). This concentration range coincides with the largest differences in surface tension, Δγ. For both di-CF4 and di-HCF6, the maximum values of Δγ and ΔΓ occur around the same bulk concentration, ∼0.7 mmol dm-3, suggesting that dynamic surface behavior is determined mainly by mass transport (which is related to the bulk concentration), rather than surfactant properties such as cmc, for these surfactants. |
| spellingShingle | Eastoe, J Rankin, A Wat, R Bain, C Styrkas, D Penfold, J Dynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactants |
| title | Dynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactants |
| title_full | Dynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactants |
| title_fullStr | Dynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactants |
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| title_short | Dynamic surface excesses of fluorocarbon surfactants |
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