Interfacial rheology and aggregation behaviour of amphiphilic CBABC-type pentablock copolymers at the air–water interface: effects of block ratio and chain length

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (101) ◽  
pp. 82869-82878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiguang Li ◽  
Xiaoyan Ma ◽  
Duyang Zang ◽  
Xinghua Guan ◽  
Lin Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chain Length ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Interfacial Rheology ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Packing Model ◽  
Aggregation Behaviour ◽  
Air Water Interface ◽  
Pentablock Copolymers ◽  
Interface Effects

The interfacial rheology, aggregation behaviour and packing model of the structure evolution of three amphiphilic CBABC-type pentablock copolymers were investigated at the air–water interface.

scholarly journals Tadpole-Shaped POSS-Based Copolymers and the Aggregation Behavior at Air/Water Interface

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Zhu ◽  
Fang Chen ◽  
Xiaoyan Ma ◽  
Xiu Qiang ◽  
Zhiguang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Block Copolymers ◽  
Surface Pressure ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Aggregation Behavior ◽  
Structure Evolution ◽  
Interfacial Rheology ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Block Sequence ◽  
Air Water Interface

The aggregation behavior of three tadpole-shaped Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS) based block copolymers using different blocks poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and poly(trifluoroethyl methacrylate) (PTFEMA) with different block sequence and ratio (POSS-PTFEMA161-b-PMMA236, POSS-PMMA277-b-PTFEMA130, and POSS-PMMA466-b-PTFEMA172) was investigated on the air-water interface. The interfacial rheology of three block copolymers was studied by surface pressure isotherm, compression modulus measurements, and compression and expansion hysteresis analysis on the Langmuir trough. The block sequence and ratio play a great role in self-assembly behavior at the interface. Based on surface pressure isotherm analysis, a thin film with low elasticity was achieved for the POSS-PTFEMA161-b-PMMA236. Moreover, for the block copolymer with same segment sequence (POSS-PMMA2-b-PTFEMA), the thin film compression capability is increased with increasing the PMMA ratio. The morphology of the deposited LB thin film was illustrated by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). We observed that a thin film was composed by crater-shaped quasi-2D micelles for POSS-PTFEMA-b-PMMA, while it was proved that only flaky texture was observed for both POSS-PMMA277-b-PTFEMA130 and POSS-PMMA466-b-PTFEMA172. The thickness and area of flaky aggregates were greatly related to PMMA ratio. The different interface self-assembly structure evolution was proposed based on the interfacial rheology and thin film morphology studies.

Nitrothiacalixarenes with alkyl groups at the lower rim: design, synthesis and aggregation behaviour at the air–water interface and in solution

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton A. Muravev ◽  
Maria V. Knyazeva ◽  
Roman A. Safiullin ◽  
Alexander V. Shokurov ◽  
Svetlana E. Solovieva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Interface ◽  
Design Synthesis ◽  
Aggregation Behaviour ◽  
Alkyl Groups ◽  
Air Water Interface

scholarly journals Nighttime oxidation of surfactants at the air–water interface: effects of chain length, head group and saturation

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 3249-3268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Sebastiani ◽  
Richard A. Campbell ◽  
Kunal Rastogi ◽  
Christian Pfrang
Keyword(s):  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Double Bond ◽  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Reaction Kinetics ◽  
Chain Length ◽  
Rate Coefficients ◽  
Head Group ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Organic Monolayers ◽  
Air Water Interface

Abstract. Reactions of the key atmospheric nighttime oxidant NO3 with organic monolayers at the air–water interface are used as proxies for the ageing of organic-coated aqueous aerosols. The surfactant molecules chosen for this study are oleic acid (OA), palmitoleic acid (POA), methyl oleate (MO) and stearic acid (SA) to investigate the effects of chain length, head group and degree of unsaturation on the reaction kinetics and products formed. Fully and partially deuterated surfactants were studied using neutron reflectometry (NR) to determine the reaction kinetics of organic monolayers with NO3 at the air–water interface for the first time. Kinetic modelling allowed us to determine the rate coefficients for the oxidation of OA, POA and MO monolayers to be (2.8±0.7) × 10−8, (2.4±0.5) × 10−8and (3.3±0.6) × 10−8 cm2 molecule−1 s−1 for fitted initial desorption lifetimes of NO3 at the closely packed organic monolayers, τd, NO3, 1, of 8.1±4.0, 16±4.0 and 8.1±3.0 ns, respectively. The approximately doubled desorption lifetime found in the best fit for POA compared to OA and MO is consistent with a more accessible double bond associated with the shorter alkyl chain of POA facilitating initial NO3 attack at the double bond in a closely packed monolayer. The corresponding uptake coefficients for OA, POA and MO were found to be (2.1±0.5) × 10−3, (1.7±0.3) × 10−3 and (2.1±0.4) × 10−3, respectively. For the much slower NO3-initiated oxidation of the saturated surfactant SA we estimated a loss rate of approximately (5±1) × 10−12 cm2 molecule−1 s−1, which we consider to be an upper limit for the reactive loss, and estimated an uptake coefficient of ca. (5±1) × 10−7. Our investigations demonstrate that NO3 will contribute substantially to the processing of unsaturated surfactants at the air–water interface during nighttime given its reactivity is ca. 2 orders of magnitude higher than that of O3. Furthermore, the relative contributions of NO3 and O3 to the oxidative losses vary massively between species that are closely related in structure: NO3 reacts ca. 400 times faster than O3 with the common model surfactant oleic acid, but only ca. 60 times faster with its methyl ester MO. It is therefore necessary to perform a case-by-case assessment of the relative contributions of the different degradation routes for any specific surfactant. The overall impact of NO3 on the fate of saturated surfactants is slightly less clear given the lack of prior kinetic data for comparison, but NO3 is likely to contribute significantly to the loss of saturated species and dominate their loss during nighttime. The retention of the organic character at the air–water interface differs fundamentally between the different surfactant species: the fatty acids studied (OA and POA) form products with a yield of  ∼ 20 % that are stable at the interface while NO3-initiated oxidation of the methyl ester MO rapidly and effectively removes the organic character ( ≤ 3 % surface-active products). The film-forming potential of reaction products in real aerosol is thus likely to depend on the relative proportions of saturated and unsaturated surfactants as well as the head group properties. Atmospheric lifetimes of unsaturated species are much longer than those determined with respect to their reactions at the air–water interface, so they must be protected from oxidative attack, for example, by incorporation into a complex aerosol matrix or in mixed surface films with yet unexplored kinetic behaviour.

scholarly journals Simulation of Air–Water Interface Effects for High-speed Planing Hull

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 398-414
Author(s):  
Naga Venkata Rakesh Nimmagadda ◽  
Lokeswara Rao Polisetty ◽  
Anantha Subramanian Vaidyanatha Iyer
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Water Interface ◽  
Fluid Forces ◽  
Transition Speed ◽  
High Speeds ◽  
Air Water Interface ◽  
Practical Design ◽  
Actual Flow ◽  
Wetted Surface Area ◽  
Interface Effects

Abstract High-speed planing crafts have successfully evolved through developments in the last several decades. Classical approaches such as inviscid potential flow–based methods and the empirically based Savitsky method provide general understanding for practical design. However, sometimes such analyses suffer inaccuracies since the air–water interface effects, especially in the transition phase, are not fully accounted for. Hence, understanding the behaviour at the transition speed is of fundamental importance for the designer. The fluid forces in planing hulls are dominated by phenomena such as flow separation at various discontinuities viz., knuckles, chines and transom, with resultant spray generation. In such cases, the application of potential theory at high speeds introduces limitations. This paper investigates the simulation of modelling of the pre-planing behaviour with a view to capturing the air–water interface effects, with validations through experiments to compare the drag, dynamic trim and wetted surface area. The paper also brings out the merits of gridding strategies to obtain reliable results especially with regard to spray generation due to the air–water interface effects. The verification and validation studies serve to authenticate the use of the multi-gridding strategies on the basis of comparisons with simulations using model tests. It emerges from the study that overset/chimera grids give better results compared with single unstructured hexahedral grids. Two overset methods are investigated to obtain reliable estimation of the dynamic trim and drag, and their ability to capture the spray resulting from the air–water interaction. The results demonstrate very close simulation of the actual flow kinematics at steady-speed conditions in terms of spray at the air–water interface, drag at the pre-planing and full planing range and dynamic trim angles.

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