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Kaur H, Garg M, Tomar D, Singh S, Jena KC. Role of tungsten disulfide quantum dots in specific protein-protein interactions at air-water interface. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:084705. [PMID: 38411235 DOI: 10.1063/5.0187563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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The intriguing network of antibody-antigen (Ab-Ag) interactions is highly governed by environmental perturbations and the nature of biomolecular interaction. Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) have potential applications in developing protein-adsorption-based sensors and nano-scale materials. Therefore, characterizing PPIs in the presence of a nanomaterial at the molecular level becomes imperative. The present work involves the investigation of antiferritin-ferritin (Ab-Ag) protein interactions under the influence of tungsten disulfide quantum dots (WS2 QDs). Isothermal calorimetry and contact angle measurements validated the strong influence of WS2 QDs on Ab-Ag interactions. The interfacial signatures of nano-bio-interactions were evaluated using sum frequency generation vibration spectroscopy (SFG-VS) at the air-water interface. Our SFG results reveal a variation in the tilt angle of methyl groups by ∼12° ± 2° for the Ab-Ag system in the presence of WS2 QDs. The results illustrated an enhanced ordering of water molecules in the presence of QDs, which underpins the active role of interfacial water molecules during nano-bio-interactions. We have also witnessed a differential impact of QDs on Ab-Ag by raising the concentration of the Ab-Ag combination, which showcased an increased inter-molecular interaction among the Ab and Ag molecules and a minimal influence on the methyl tilt angle. These findings suggest the formation of stronger and ordered Ab-Ag complexes upon introducing WS2 QDs in the aqueous medium and signify the potentiality of WS2 QDs relevant to protein-based sensing assays.
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- Harsharan Kaur
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh 160030, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIR-CSIO), Chandigarh 160030, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Patra A, Bandyopadhyay A, Roy S, Mondal JA. Origin of Strong Hydrogen Bonding and Preferred Orientation of Water at Uncharged Polyethylene Glycol Polymer/Water Interface. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:11359-11366. [PMID: 38065092 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c03098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2023]
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Polyethylene glycol (PEG), a water-soluble non-ionic polymer, finds diverse applications from Li-ion batteries to drug delivery. The effectiveness of PEG in these contexts hinges on water's behavior at PEG/water interfaces. Employing heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation and Raman spectroscopy along with a novel analytical approach, termed difference spectroscopy with simultaneous curve-fitting analysis, we observed that water exhibits both "hydrogen-up" and "hydrogen-down" orientations at PEG(≥400u)/water interfaces. As the molar mass of PEG increases, the contribution of the strongly hydrogen-bonded and H-up-oriented water rises. We propose that the PEG-affected interfacial water originates from the asymmetrical hydration of the surface-adsorbed PEG, as evidenced by the resemblance between the water spectra in the hydration shell of PEG and those at the PEG/water interface. These findings elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying PEG's catalytic role in water splitting at membrane interfaces.
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- Animesh Patra
- School of Chemistry, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai 400098, India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Trombay, Mumbai 400085, India
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Kaur S, Tomar D, Chaudhary M, Rana B, Kaur H, Nigam V, Jena KC. Interfacial molecular structure of phosphazene-based polymer electrolyte at the air-aqueous interface using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 36:105001. [PMID: 37988750 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ad0e94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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The change induced in the physicochemical properties of polymer while hosting ions provides a platform for studying its potential applications in electrochemical devices, water treatment plants, and materials engineering science. The ability to host ions is limited in very few polymers, which lack a detailed molecular-level understanding for showcasing the polymer-ion linkage behavior at the interfacial region. In the present manuscript, we have employed sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy to investigate the interfacial structure of a new class phosphazene-based methoxyethoxyethoxyphosphazene (MEEP) polymer in the presence of lithium chloride salt at the air-aqueous interface. The interfacial aspects of the molecular system collected through SFG spectral signatures reveal enhanced water ordering and relative hydrogen bonding strength at the air-aqueous interface. The careful observation of the study finds a synchronous contribution of van der Waals and electrostatic forces in facilitating changes in the interfacial water structure that are susceptible to MEEP concentration in the presence of ions. The observation indicates that dilute MEEP concentrations support the role of electrostatic interaction, leading to an ordered water structure in proximity to diffused ions at the interfacial region. Conversely, higher MEEP concentrations promote the dominance of van der Waals interactions at the air-aqueous interface. Our study highlights the establishment of polymer electrolyte (PE) characteristics mediated by intermolecular interactions, as observed through the spectral signatures witnessed at the air-aqueous interface. The investigation illustrates the polymer-ion linkage adsorption effects at the interfacial region, which explains the macroscopic changes observed from the cyclic voltammetry studies. The fundamental findings from our studies can be helpful in the design and fine-tuning of better PE systems that can offer improved hydrophobic membranes and interface stability for use in electrochemical-based power sources.
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- Sarabjeet Kaur
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
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- Defence Materials Stores Research and Development Establishment, Kanpur 208013, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar 140001, Punjab, India
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D'Agostino C, Preziosi V, Caiazza G, Maiorino MV, Fridjonsson E, Guido S. Effect of surfactant concentration on diffusion and microstructure in water-in-oil emulsions studied by low-field benchtop NMR and optical microscopy. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:3104-3112. [PMID: 37039250 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00113j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Emulsions are ubiquitous in many consumer products, including food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Whilst their macroscopic characterisation is well-established, understanding their microscopic behaviour is very challenging. In our previous work we investigated oil-in-water emulsions by studying the effect of water on structuring and dynamics of such systems. In the present work, we investigate the effect of surfactant concentration on microstructure and diffusion within the water-in-oil emulsion system by using low-field pulsed-field gradient (PFG) NMR studies carried out with a benchtop NMR instrument, in conjunction with optical imaging. The results reveal that at high surfactant concentration the formation of smaller droplets gives rise to a third component in the PFG NMR attenuation plot, which is mostly attributed to restricted diffusion near the droplet boundaries. In addition, structuring effects due to increase in surfactant concentration at the boundaries could also contribute to further slowing down water diffusion at the boundaries. As the surfactant concentration decreases, the average droplet size becomes larger and both restriction and structuring effects at the droplet boundaries become less significant, as suggested by the PFG NMR plot, whereby the presence of a third diffusion component becomes less pronounced.
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- Carmine D'Agostino
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, The Mill, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali (DICAM), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Via Terracini, 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, UdR INSTM, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy.
- CEINGE, Advanced Biotechnologies, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, UdR INSTM, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy.
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, UdR INSTM, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università di Napoli Federico II, UdR INSTM, Piazzale Tecchio, 80, 80125, Napoli, Italy.
- CEINGE, Advanced Biotechnologies, Via Gaetano Salvatore 486, 80145 Napoli, Italy
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Rana B, Fairhurst DJ, Jena KC. Ion-Specific Water-Macromolecule Interactions at the Air/Aqueous Interface: An Insight into Hofmeister Effect. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:9646-9654. [PMID: 37094217 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c00701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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The specificity of ions in inducing conformational changes in macromolecules is introduced as the Hofmeister series; however, the detailed underlying mechanism is not comprehensible yet. We utilized surface-specific sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy to explore the Hofmeister effect at the air/polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)/water interface. The spectral signature observed from the ssp polarization scheme reveals ion-specific ordering of water molecules following the Hofmeister series attributed to the ion-macromolecule interactions. Along with this, the presence of ions does not reflect any significant influence on the structure of the PVP macromolecule. However, the ppp-SFG spectra in the CH-stretch region reveal the impact of ions on the orientation angle of vinyl chain CH2-groups, which follows the Hofmeister series: SO42- > Cl- > NO3- > Br- > ClO4- > SCN-. The minimal orientation angle of CH2-groups indicates significant reordering in PVP vinyl chains in the presence of chaotropic anions ClO4-, and SCN-. The observation is attributed to the ion-specific water-macromolecule interactions at the air/aqueous interface. It is compelling to observe the signature of spectral blue shifts in the OH-stretch region in the ppp configuration in the presence of chaotropic anions. The origin of spectral blue shifts has been ascribed to the existence of weaker interactions between the interfacial water molecules and the backbone CH- and CH2-moieties of the PVP macromolecules. The ion-specific modulation in water-macromolecule interactions is endorsed by the relative propensity of anion's adsorption toward the air/aqueous interface. The experimental findings highlight the existence and cooperative participation of ion-specific water-macromolecule interactions in the mechanism of the Hofmeister effect, along with the illustrious ion-water and ion-macromolecule interactions.
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- Bhawna Rana
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham NG11 8NS, U.K
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Korotkevich AA, Moll CJ, Versluis J, Bakker HJ. Molecular Orientation of Carboxylate Anions at the Water-Air Interface Studied with Heterodyne-Detected Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:4544-4553. [PMID: 36917504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c08992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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The carboxylate anion group plays an important role in many (bio)chemical systems and polymeric materials. In this work, we study the orientation of carboxylate anions with various aliphatic and aromatic substituents at the water-air interface by probing the carboxylate stretch vibrations with heterodyne-detected vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy in different polarization configurations. We find that carboxylate groups with small aliphatic substituents show a large tilt angle with respect to the surface normal and that this angle decreases with increasing size of the substituent. We further use the information about the orientation of the carboxylate group to determine the hyperpolarizability components of this group.
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- Ultrafast Spectroscopy, AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam 1098XG, Netherlands
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- Ultrafast Spectroscopy, AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam 1098XG, Netherlands
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- Ultrafast Spectroscopy, AMOLF, Science Park 104, Amsterdam 1098XG, Netherlands
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Rana B, Fairhurst DJ, Jena KC. Investigation of Water Evaporation Process at Air/Water Interface using Hofmeister Ions. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:17832-17840. [PMID: 36131621 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c05837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Evaporation is an interfacial phenomenon in which a water molecule breaks the intermolecular hydrogen (H-) bonds and enters the vapor phase. However, a detailed demonstration of the role of interfacial water structure in the evaporation process is still lacking. Here, we purposefully perturb the H-bonding environment at the air/water interface by introducing kosmotropic (HPO4-2, SO4-2, and CO3-2) and chaotropic ions (NO3- and I-) to determine their influence on the evaporation process. Using time-resolved interferometry on aqueous salt droplets, we found that kosmotropes reduce evaporation, whereas chaotropes accelerate the evaporation process, following the Hofmeister series: HPO4-2 < SO4-2 < CO3-2 < Cl- < NO3- < I-. To extract deeper molecular-level insights into the observed Hofmeister trend in the evaporation rates, we investigated the air/water interface in the presence of ions using surface-specific sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. The SFG vibrational spectra reveal the significant impact of ions on the strength of the H-bonding environment and the orientation of free OH oscillators from ∼36.2 to 48.4° at the air/water interface, where both the effects follow the Hofmeister series. It is established that the slow evaporating water molecules experience a strong H-bonding environment with free OH oscillators tilted away from the surface normal in the presence of kosmotropes. In contrast, the fast evaporating water molecules experience a weak H-bonding environment with free OH oscillators tilted toward the surface normal in the presence of chaotropes at the air/water interface. Our experimental outcomes showcase the complex bonding environment of interfacial water molecules and their decisive role in the evaporation process.
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- Bhawna Rana
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics and Mathematics, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Campus, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Yu CC, Imoto S, Seki T, Chiang KY, Sun S, Bonn M, Nagata Y. Accurate molecular orientation at interfaces determined by multimode polarization-dependent heterodyne-detected sum-frequency generation spectroscopy via multidimensional orientational distribution function. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:094703. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0081209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Many essential processes occur at soft interfaces, from chemical reactions on aqueous aerosols in the atmosphere to biochemical recognition and binding at the surface of cell membranes. The spatial arrangement of molecules specifically at these interfaces is crucial for many of such processes. The accurate determination of the interfacial molecular orientation has been challenging due to the low number of molecules at interfaces and the ambiguity of their orientational distribution. Here, we combine phase- and polarization-resolved sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy to obtain the molecular orientation at the interface. We extend an exponentially decaying orientational distribution to multiple dimensions, which, in conjunction with multiple SFG datasets obtained from the different vibrational modes, allows us to determine the molecular orientation. We apply this new approach to formic acid molecules at the air–water interface. The inferred orientation of formic acid agrees very well with ab initio molecular dynamics data. The phase-resolved SFG multimode analysis scheme using the multidimensional orientational distribution thus provides a universal approach for obtaining the interfacial molecular orientation.
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- Chun-Chieh Yu
- Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Analysis Technology Center, Fujifilm R&D, 210 Nakanuma, Minamiashigara, Kanagawa 250-0123, Japan
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, 100875 Beijing, China
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Gera R, Moll CJ, Bhattacherjee A, Bakker HJ. Water-Induced Restructuring of the Surface of a Deep Eutectic Solvent. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:634-641. [PMID: 35020401 PMCID: PMC8785180 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We study the molecular-scale structure of the surface of Reline, a DES made from urea and choline chloride, using heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation (HD-VSFG). Reline absorbs water when exposed to the ambient atmosphere, and following structure-specific changes at the Reline/air interface is crucial and difficult. For Reline (dry, 0 wt %, w/w, water) we observe vibrational signatures of both urea and choline ions at the surface. Upon increase of the water content, there is a gradual depletion of urea from the surface, an enhanced alignment, and an enrichment of the surface with choline cations, indicating surface speciation of ChCl. Above 40% w/w water content, choline cations abruptly deplete from the surface, as evidenced by the decrease of the vibrational signal of the -CH2- groups of choline and the rapid rise of a water signal. Above 60% w/w water content, the surface spectrum of aqueous Reline becomes indistinguishable from that of neat water.
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- Rahul Gera
- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gera R, Bakker HJ, Franklin-Mergarejo R, Morzan UN, Falciani G, Bergamasco L, Versluis J, Sen I, Dante S, Chiavazzo E, Hassanali AA. Emergence of Electric Fields at the Water-C12E6 Surfactant Interface. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:15103-15112. [PMID: 34498857 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We study the properties of the interface of water and the surfactant hexaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C12E6) with a combination of heterodyne-detected vibrational sum frequency generation (HD-VSFG), Kelvin-probe measurements, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. We observe that the addition of the hydrogen-bonding surfactant C12E6, close to the critical micelle concentration (CMC), induces a drastic enhancement in the hydrogen bond strength of the water molecules close to the interface, as well as a flip in their net orientation. The mutual orientation of the water and C12E6 molecules leads to the emergence of a broad (∼3 nm) interface with a large electric field of ∼1 V/nm, as evidenced by the Kelvin-probe measurements and MD simulations. Our findings may open the door for the design of novel electric-field-tuned catalytic and light-harvesting systems anchored at the water-surfactant-air interface.
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- Rahul Gera
- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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- Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy
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- Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Uppsala University, Laegerhyddsvaegen 1, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Materials Characterization Facility, Italian Institute of Technology, 16163 Genoa, Italy
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- Energy Department, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, Torino 10129, Italy
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- International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy
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Shi L, McMillan JR, Yu D, Chen X, Tucker CJ, Wasserman E, Mohler C, Chen Z. Effect of Surfactant Concentration and Hydrophobicity on the Ordering of Water at a Silica Surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:10806-10817. [PMID: 34455791 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The performance of nonionic surfactants is mediated by the interfacial interactions at the solid-liquid interface. Here we applied sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy to probe the molecular structure of the silica-nonionic surfactant solution interface in situ, supplemented by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The combined studies elucidated the effects of nonionic surfactant solution concentration, surfactant composition, and rinsing on the silica-surfactant solution interfacial structure. The nonionic surfactants studied include ethylene-oxide (EO) and butylene oxide (BO) components with different ratios. It was found that the CH groups of the surfactants at the silica-surfactant solution interfaces are disordered, but the interfacial water molecules are ordered, generating strong SFG OH signals. Solutions with higher concentrations of surfactant lead to a slightly higher amount of adsorbed surfactant at the silica interface, resulting in more water molecules being ordered at the interface, or a higher ordering of water molecules at the interface, or both. MD simulation results indicated that the nonionic surface molecules preferentially adsorb onto silanol sites on silica. A surfactant with a higher EO/BO ratio leads to more water molecules being ordered and a higher degree of ordering of water molecules at the silica-surfactant solution interface, exhibiting stronger SFG OH signal, although less material is adsorbed according to the QCM-D data. A thin layer of surfactants remained on the silica surface after multiple water rinses. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time the combined approaches of SFG, QCM-D and MD simulation techniques have been applied to study nonionic surfactants at the silica-solution interface, which enhances our understanding on the interfacial interactions between nonionic surfactants, water and silica. The knowledge obtained from this study can be helpful to design the optimal surfactant concentration and composition for future applications.
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- Lirong Shi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Core R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Core R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Core R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Dow Home & Personal Care, The Dow Chemical Company, Collegeville, Pennsylvania 19426, United States
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- Core R&D, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan 48674, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Panumonwatee G, Charoensaeng A, Arpornpong N. Application of
Hydrophilic–Lipophilic
Deviation Equations to the Formulation of a
Mixed‐Surfactant
Washing Agent for Crude Rice Bran Oil Removal from Spent Bleaching Earth. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Gitsada Panumonwatee
- Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Naresuan University Phitsanulok Thailand
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- Petroleum and Petrochemical College Chulalongkorn University Bangkok Thailand
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Naresuan University Phitsanulok Thailand
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Szymczyk K, Zdziennicka A, Jańczuk B. Properties of some nonionic fluorocarbon surfactants and their mixtures with hydrocarbon ones. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 292:102421. [PMID: 33957391 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2021.102421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The adsorption of Zonyl FSN-100 (FSN100, having an average 14 oxyethylene units and 6 -CF2 groups) and Zonyl FSO-100 (FSO100, having an average 10 oxyethylene units and 5 -CF2 groups) as well as of their mixtures with p-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl) phenoxypoly(ethylene glycols) having 10, 16 and 8 oxyethylene groups in molecule (TX100, TX165, TX114) and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) at the solution-air and polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-solution and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)-solution interfaces as well as the composition of the surface mixed layer was discussed based on the literature data. The adsorption properties of nonionic fluorocarbon surfactants were compared to those of the classical ones on the basis of the Gibbs standard free energy of adsorption determined by different ways and the intermolecular interactions of the surfactant molecules through the water phase. The synergetic effect in the reduction of the water surface tension by the mixture of fluorocarbon and classical nonionic surfactant was shown and explained by the comparison of the composition of the mixed surface layer to those in the bulk phase. The composition of the mixed fluorocarbon and classical surfactant layer at the solution-air interface was compared to that formed at the PTFE-solution and PMMA-solution interfaces. The changes of the surface tension of the aqueous solution of the fluorocarbon surfactants and their mixtures with classical hydrocarbon ones and their adsorption were analyzed taking into account the PTFE and PMMA surface wettability. This analysis was also based on the components and parameters of the head and tail of the surfactants surface tension as well as those of PTFE and PMMA. Apart from adsorption and wetting properties the aggregation of the fluorocarbon surfactants and their mixtures was discussed. A specific attention was paid to the possibility of two CMC values in the case of nonionic fluorocarbon surfactants as well as the synergism in CMC of mixtures of nonionic fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon surfactants.
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- Katarzyna Szymczyk
- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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Baryiames CP, Garrett P, Baiz CR. Bursting the bubble: A molecular understanding of surfactant-water interfaces. J Chem Phys 2021; 154:170901. [PMID: 34241044 DOI: 10.1063/5.0047377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Surfactant science has historically emphasized bulk, thermodynamic measurements to understand the microemulsion properties of greatest industrial significance, such as interfacial tensions, phase behavior, and thermal stability. Recently, interest in the molecular properties of surfactants has grown among the physical chemistry community. This has led to the application of cutting-edge spectroscopic methods and advanced simulations to understand the specific interactions that give rise to the previously studied bulk characteristics. In this Perspective, we catalog key findings that describe the surfactant-oil and surfactant-water interfaces in molecular detail. We emphasize the role of ultrafast spectroscopic methods, including two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy and sum-frequency-generation spectroscopy, in conjunction with molecular dynamics simulations, and the role these techniques have played in advancing our understanding of interfacial properties in surfactant microemulsions.
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- Christopher P Baryiames
- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St. Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St. Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 105 E 24th St. Stop A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, USA
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Bergendal E, Gutfreund P, Pilkington GA, Campbell RA, Müller-Buschbaum P, Holt SA, Rutland MW. Tuneable interfacial surfactant aggregates mimic lyotropic phases and facilitate large scale nanopatterning. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:371-379. [PMID: 33351024 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr06621d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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It is shown that the air-liquid interface can be made to display the same rich curvature phenomena as common lyotropic liquid crystal systems. Through mixing an insoluble, naturally occurring, branched fatty acid, with an unbranched fatty acid of the same length, systematic variation in the packing constraints at the air-water interface could be obtained. The combination of atomic force microscopy and neutron reflectometry is used to demonstrate that the water surface exhibits significant tuneable topography. By systematic variation of the two fatty acid proportions, ordered arrays of monodisperse spherical caps, cylindrical sections, and a mesh phase are all observed, as well as the expected lamellar structure. The tuneable deformability of the air-water interface permits this hitherto unexplored topological diversity, which is analogous to the phase elaboration displayed by amphiphiles in solution. It offers a wealth of novel possibilities for the tailoring of nanostructure.
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- Erik Bergendal
- Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, Drottning Kristinas väg 51, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Partitioning of Selected Anisole and Veratrole Derivatives between Water and Anionic Surfactant Micelles. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25245818. [PMID: 33317196 PMCID: PMC7763754 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25245818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 12/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The UV absorption spectra of six structurally related derivatives of anisole and veratrole, i.e., anisaldehyde, (E)-anethole, estragole, veratraldehyde, methyleugenol and (E)-methylisoeugenol, were recorded at various concentrations of the anionic surfactants, either sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS) or sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) at T = 298 K. In addition, conductivity and density measurements were made for the SLS and SLES solutions to determine the volumetric properties of the studied surfactants. Next, using the W. Al-Soufi, L. Pińeiro and M. Novo model (APN model) including the pseudo-phase model for micellar solubilization, the values of micelle-water partition coefficients for each perfume-surfactant system were determined. In addition, the relations between the molecular structures of the solute and the head group of the surfactant and the value of the micelle-water partition coefficient as well as the octanol-water one were discussed.
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Physicochemical, foaming and biological properties of lowly irritant anionic sugar-based surfactants. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.125525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tomar D, Rana B, Jena KC. The structure of water–DMF binary mixtures probed by linear and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2020; 152:114707. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5141757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Deepak Tomar
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Niu K, Marcus RA. Sum frequency generation, calculation of absolute intensities, comparison with experiments, and two-field relaxation-based derivation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:2805-2814. [PMID: 31996478 PMCID: PMC7022212 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906243117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The experimental sum frequency generation (SFG) spectrum is the response to an infrared pulse and a visible pulse and is a highly surface-sensitive technique. We treat the surface dangling OH bonds at the air/water interface and focus on the absolute SFG intensities for the resonant terms, a focus that permits insight into the consequences of some approximations. For the polarization combinations, the calculated linewidths for the water interface dangling OH SFG band at 3,700 [Formula: see text] are, as usual, too large, because of the customary neglect of motional narrowing. The integrated spectrum is used to circumvent this problem and justified here using a Kubo-like formalism and theoretical integrated band intensities rather than peak intensities. Only relative SFG intensities are usually reported. The absolute integrated SFG intensities for three polarization combinations for sum frequency, visible, and infrared beams are computed. We use molecular dynamics and the dipole and the polarizability matrix elements obtained from infrared and Raman studies of [Formula: see text]O vapor. The theoretical expressions for two of the absolute susceptibilities contain only a single term and agree with experiment to about a factor of 1.3, with no adjustable parameters. The Fresnel factors are included in that comparison. One of the susceptibilities contains instead four positive and negative terms and agrees less well. The expression for the SFG correlation function is normally derived from a statistical mechanical formulation using a time-evolving density matrix. We show how a derivation based on a two-field relaxation leads to the same final result.
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- Kai Niu
- School of Science, Tianjin University of Technology and Education, Hexi, Tianjin 300222, People's Republic of China
- Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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Boza Troncoso A, Acosta E. Formulating Nonionic Detergents
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the Integrated Free Energy Model. J SURFACTANTS DETERG 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/jsde.12322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Americo Boza Troncoso
- Chemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Toronto 200 College Street, Room 131, Toronto Ontario M5S3E5 Canada
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- Chemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Toronto 200 College Street, Room 131, Toronto Ontario M5S3E5 Canada
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Jain S, Pandey S, Sola P, Pathan H, Patil R, Ray D, Aswal VK, Bahadur P, Tiwari S. Solubilization of Carbamazepine in TPGS Micelles: Effect of Temperature and Electrolyte Addition. AAPS PharmSciTech 2019; 20:203. [PMID: 31139965 DOI: 10.1208/s12249-019-1412-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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D-α-Tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (TPGS), a polyethylene glycol condensate, is a biologically important nonionic amphiphile. In this study, we report on aqueous solution behavior of TPGS with a focus on its clouding, surface activity, micellar characteristics, and solubilization capacity for a model hydrophobic drug, carbamazepine (CBZ). Micelles were characterized by dynamic light and small-angle neutron scattering studies as a function of temperature, salt addition, and CBZ solubilization. TPGS showed a cloud point of 78°C and possessed good surface activity (as observed from surface tension reduction and adsorption parameters). The critical micelle concentration (CMC), obtained from surface tension and fluorescence studies, was 0.02 mM. Scattering studies showed formation of stable micelles (average diameter-12 nm), exhibiting no significant changes in size upon salt addition (up to 1 M NaCl), CBZ incorporation (up to 5 mM), and temperature increase (40°C). Micelles in 5 wt% TPGS showed about twentyfold enhancement in CBZ solubility. Considering the remarkable CBZ solubilization and its positioning in the core, we suggest that the formulation can be exploited as a sustained delivery vehicle.
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Moberg DR, Li Q, Reddy SK, Paesani F. Water structure at the interface of alcohol monolayers as determined by molecular dynamics simulations and computational vibrational sum-frequency generation spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:034701. [PMID: 30660151 DOI: 10.1063/1.5072754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Daniel R. Moberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- Materials Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
- San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Bernhard C, Bauer KN, Bonn M, Wurm FR, Gonella G. Interfacial Conformation of Hydrophilic Polyphosphoesters Affects Blood Protein Adsorption. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:1624-1629. [PMID: 30516968 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b17146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Synthetic polymers are commonly used as protein repelling materials for a variety of biomedical applications. Despite their widespread use, the fundamental mechanism underlying protein repellence is often elusive. Such insights are essential for improving existing and developing new materials. Here, we investigate how subtle differences in the chemistry of hydrophilic polyphosphoesters influence the adsorption of the human blood proteins serum albumin and fibrinogen. Using thermodynamic measurements, surface-specific vibrational spectroscopy, and Brewster angle microscopy, we investigate protein adsorption, hydration, and steric repulsion properties of the polyphosphoester polymers. Whereas both surface hydration and polymer conformation of the polymers vary substantially as a consequence of the chemical differences in the polymer structure, the protein repellency ability of these hydrophilic materials appears to be dominated by steric repulsion.
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- Christoph Bernhard
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10 , 55128 Mainz , Germany
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Niga P, Hansson-Mille PM, Swerin A, Claesson PM, Schoelkopf J, Gane PAC, Dai J, Furó I, Campbell RA, Johnson CM. Propofol adsorption at the air/water interface: a combined vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance and neutron reflectometry study. SOFT MATTER 2018; 15:38-46. [PMID: 30516226 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01677a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Propofol is an amphiphilic small molecule that strongly influences the function of cell membranes, yet data regarding interfacial properties of propofol remain scarce. Here we consider propofol adsorption at the air/water interface as elucidated by means of vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS), neutron reflectometry (NR), and surface tensiometry. VSFS data show that propofol adsorbed at the air/water interface interacts with water strongly in terms of hydrogen bonding and weakly in the proximity of the hydrocarbon parts of the molecule. In the concentration range studied there is almost no change in the orientation adopted at the interface. Data from NR show that propofol forms a dense monolayer with a thickness of 8.4 Å and a limiting area per molecule of 40 Å2, close to the value extracted from surface tensiometry. The possibility that islands or multilayers of propofol form at the air/water interface is therefore excluded as long as the solubility limit is not exceeded. Additionally, measurements of the 1H NMR chemical shifts demonstrate that propofol does not form dimers or multimers in bulk water up to the solubility limit.
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- Petru Niga
- RISE Research Institutes of Sweden - Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- RISE Research Institutes of Sweden - Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- RISE Research Institutes of Sweden - Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden. and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- RISE Research Institutes of Sweden - Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden. and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Omya International AG, Baslerstrasse 42, CH-4665 Oftringen, Switzerland and Aalto University, School of Chemical Technology, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, FI-00076 Aalto, Helsinki, Finland
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Applied Physical Chemistry, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Applied Physical Chemistry, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, CS20156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France and Division of Pharmacy and Optometry, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, UK
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sengupta S, Moberg DR, Paesani F, Tyrode E. Neat Water-Vapor Interface: Proton Continuum and the Nonresonant Background. J Phys Chem Lett 2018; 9:6744-6749. [PMID: 30407831 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Whether the surface of neat water is "acidic" or "basic" remains an active and controversial field of research. Most of the experimental evidence supporting the preferential adsorption of H3O+ ions stems from nonlinear optical spectroscopy methods typically carried out at extreme pH conditions (pH < 1). Here, we use vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS) to target the "proton continuum", an unexplored frequency range characteristic of hydrated protons and hydroxide ions. The VSFS spectra of neat water show a broad and nonzero signal intensity between 1700 and 3000 cm-1 in the three different polarization combinations examined. By comparing the SF response of water with that from dilute HCl and NaOH aqueous solutions, we conclude the intensity does not originate from either adsorbed H3O+ or OH- ions. Contributions from the nonresonant background are then critically considered by comparing the experimental results with many-body molecular dynamics (MB-MD) simulated spectra.
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- Sanghamitra Sengupta
- Department of Chemistry , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10044 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry , KTH Royal Institute of Technology , SE-10044 Stockholm , Sweden
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Ge A, Qiao L, Seo JH, Yui N, Ye S. Surface-Restructuring Differences between Polyrotaxanes and Random Copolymers in Aqueous Environment. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:12463-12470. [PMID: 30216076 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In the present study, we investigated the surface reorganization behaviors and adsorption conformations of fibrinogen on the surface of polyrotaxanes containing different amounts of α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) by using surface-sensitive vibrational spectroscopy sum frequency generation (SFG). For comparison, behaviors of the surface restructuring and fibrinogen adsorption on the random copolymers containing similar terminal groups were also investigated. It was found that larger amounts of BMA moieties of polyrotaxanes form ordered surface structures after immersion in water for 48 h. Furthermore, the polyrotaxane surfaces exhibit a much higher capability of fibrinogen adsorption than the random copolymer surfaces. The water-induced surface restructuring of the polyrotaxane films slightly affects the adsorption structure of the fibrinogen molecules.
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- Aimin Ge
- Institute for Catalysis , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 001-0021 , Japan
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- Institute for Catalysis , Hokkaido University , Sapporo 001-0021 , Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering , Tokyo Medical and Dental University , Tokyo 101-0062 , Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering , Tokyo Medical and Dental University , Tokyo 101-0062 , Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science , Tohoku University , Sendai 980-8578 , Japan
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Proton transfer plays a crucial role in a variety of biological phenomena. The transformation of nanomaterials in the environment and biology makes probing the potential proton transfer between nanomaterials and biomolecules a crucial issue, but it still remains a significant challenge. Here, we report proton transfer at the interface of graphene oxide (GO) by studying the GO-induced vibrational changes of interfacial water and carboxyl-terminated self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy. In addition to simply acting as a macromolecular buffer in solution, the GO sheet behaves as a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded exchangeable proton pool to dissociate and transfer protons at the interface with a suitable Brønsted base pair, which may bear a significant potential toxic origin for biological systems with proton-coupled reactions.
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- Lie Wu
- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , 130022 Jilin , China
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- State Key Lab of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry , Chinese Academy of Sciences , Changchun , 130022 Jilin , China.,University of Science and Technology of China , Hefei , 230026 Anhui , China
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Understanding of the foam capability of sugar-based nonionic surfactant from molecular level. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Minkara MS, Lindsey RK, Noether CO, Venteicher CL, Jamadagni SN, Eike DM, Ghobadi AF, Koenig PH, Siepmann JI. Probing Additive Loading in the Lamellar Phase of a Nonionic Surfactant: Gibbs Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations Using the SDK Force Field. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:8245-8254. [PMID: 29902016 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Understanding solute uptake into soft microstructured materials, such as bilayers and worm-like and spherical micelles, is of interest in the pharmaceutical, agricultural, and personal care industries. To obtain molecular-level insight on the effects of solutes loading into a lamellar phase, we utilize the Shinoda-Devane-Klein (SDK) coarse-grained force field in conjunction with configurational-bias Monte Carlo simulations in the osmotic Gibbs ensemble. The lamellar phase is comprised of a bilayer formed by triethylene glycol mono- n-decyl ether (C10E3) surfactants surrounded by water with a 50:50 surfactant/water weight ratio. We study both the unary adsorption isotherm and the effects on bilayer structure and stability caused by n-nonane, 1-hexanol, and ethyl butyrate at several different reduced reservoir pressures. The nonpolar n-nonane molecules load near the center of the bilayer. In contrast, the polar 1-hexanol and ethyl butyrate molecules both load with their polar bead close to the surfactant head groups. Near the center of the bilayer, none of the solute molecules exhibits a significant orientational preference. Solute molecules adsorbed near the polar groups of the surfactant chains show a preference for orientations perpendicular to the interface, and this alignment with the long axis of the surfactant molecules is most pronounced for 1-hexanol. Loading of n-nonane leads to an increase of the bilayer thickness, but does not affect the surface area per surfactant. Loading of polar additives leads to both lateral and transverse swelling. The reduced Henry's law constants of adsorption (expressed as a molar ratio of additive to surfactant per reduced pressure) are 0.23, 1.4, and 14 for n-nonane, 1-hexanol, and ethyl butyrate, respectively, and it appears that the SDK force field significantly overestimates the ethyl butyrate-surfactant interactions.
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- Mona S Minkara
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Theory Center , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Theory Center , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Theory Center , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Theory Center , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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- Computational Chemistry, Modeling and Simulation , The Procter & Gamble Company , 8256 Union Centre Blvd , West Chester , Ohio 45069 , United States
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- Computational Chemistry, Modeling and Simulation , The Procter & Gamble Company , 8256 Union Centre Blvd , West Chester , Ohio 45069 , United States
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- Computational Chemistry, Modeling and Simulation , The Procter & Gamble Company , 8256 Union Centre Blvd , West Chester , Ohio 45069 , United States
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- Computational Chemistry, Modeling and Simulation , The Procter & Gamble Company , 8256 Union Centre Blvd , West Chester , Ohio 45069 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Theory Center , University of Minnesota , 207 Pleasant Street SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science , University of Minnesota , 421 Washington Avenue SE , Minneapolis , Minnesota 55455 , United States
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Sanders SE, Vanselous H, Petersen PB. Water at surfaces with tunable surface chemistries. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2018; 30:113001. [PMID: 29393860 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/aaacb5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Aqueous interfaces are ubiquitous in natural environments, spanning atmospheric, geological, oceanographic, and biological systems, as well as in technical applications, such as fuel cells and membrane filtration. Where liquid water terminates at a surface, an interfacial region is formed, which exhibits distinct properties from the bulk aqueous phase. The unique properties of water are governed by the hydrogen-bonded network. The chemical and physical properties of the surface dictate the boundary conditions of the bulk hydrogen-bonded network and thus the interfacial properties of the water and any molecules in that region. Understanding the properties of interfacial water requires systematically characterizing the structure and dynamics of interfacial water as a function of the surface chemistry. In this review, we focus on the use of experimental surface-specific spectroscopic methods to understand the properties of interfacial water as a function of surface chemistry. Investigations of the air-water interface, as well as efforts in tuning the properties of the air-water interface by adding solutes or surfactants, are briefly discussed. Buried aqueous interfaces can be accessed with careful selection of spectroscopic technique and sample configuration, further expanding the range of chemical environments that can be probed, including solid inorganic materials, polymers, and water immiscible liquids. Solid substrates can be finely tuned by functionalization with self-assembled monolayers, polymers, or biomolecules. These variables provide a platform for systematically tuning the chemical nature of the interface and examining the resulting water structure. Finally, time-resolved methods to probe the dynamics of interfacial water are briefly summarized before discussing the current status and future directions in studying the structure and dynamics of interfacial water.
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- Stephanie E Sanders
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States of America
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Niga P, Hansson-Mille PM, Swerin A, Claesson PM, Schoelkopf J, Gane PAC, Bergendal E, Tummino A, Campbell RA, Magnus Johnson C. Interactions between model cell membranes and the neuroactive drug propofol. J Colloid Interface Sci 2018; 526:230-243. [PMID: 29734090 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.03.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 03/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS) complemented by surface pressure isotherm and neutron reflectometry (NR) experiments were employed to investigate the interactions between propofol, a small amphiphilic molecule that currently is the most common general anaesthetic drug, and phospholipid monolayers. A series of biologically relevant saturated phospholipids of varying chain length from C18 to C14 were spread on either pure water or propofol (2,6-bis(1-methylethyl)phenol) solution in a Langmuir trough, and the change in the molecular structure of the film, induced by the interaction with propofol, was studied with respect to the surface pressure. The results from the surface pressure isotherm experiments revealed that propofol, as long as it remains at the interface, enhances the fluidity of the phospholipid monolayer. The VSF spectra demonstrate that for each phospholipid the amount of propofol in the monolayer region decreases with increasing surface pressure. Such squeeze out is in contrast to the enhanced interactions that can be exhibited by more complex amphiphilic molecules such as peptides. At surface pressures of 22-25 mN m-1, which are relevant for biological cell membranes, most of the propofol has been expelled from the monolayer, especially in the case of the C16 and C18 phospholipids that adopt a liquid condensed phase packing of its alkyl tails. At lower surface pressures of 5 mN m-1, the effect of propofol on the structure of the alkyl tails is enhanced when the phospholipids are present in a liquid expanded phase. Specifically, for the C16 phospholipid, NR data reveal that propofol is located exclusively in the head group region, which is rationalized in the context of previous studies. The results imply a non-homogeneous distribution of propofol in the plane of real cell membranes, which is an inference that requires urgent testing and may help to explain why such low concentration of the drug are required to induce general anaesthesia.
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- Petru Niga
- RISE - Research Institute of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials - Surface, Process and Formulation Box 5607, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- RISE - Research Institute of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials - Surface, Process and Formulation Box 5607, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden
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- RISE - Research Institute of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials - Surface, Process and Formulation Box 5607, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- RISE - Research Institute of Sweden, Bioscience and Materials - Surface, Process and Formulation Box 5607, SE-114 28 Stockholm, Sweden; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Omya International AG, Baslerstrasse 42, CH-4665 Oftringen, Switzerland; Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, P.O. Box 16300, FI-00076 Aalto, Helsinki, Finland
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042 Grenoble, France; Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 112, P.O. Box 32, H-1518, Hungary
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- KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Division of Surface and Corrosion Science, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Ranieri D, Preisig N, Stubenrauch C. On the Influence of Intersurfactant H-Bonds on Foam Stability: A Study with Technical Grade Surfactants. TENSIDE SURFACT DET 2018. [DOI: 10.3139/113.110537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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From the literature on the foam stability of various surfactants with C12 alkyl chains but different head groups a clear picture emerges: Foams are more stable when hydrogen bonds can form between the head groups, i. e. when the polar head group has a hydrogen bond donor and a proton acceptor. These observations suggest that hydrogen bonds between neighbouring molecules at the surface enhance foam stability. To support this hypothesis, we carried out a systematic foaming study of two types of technical grade surfactants, one of them being capable of forming H-bonds and the other one not. As was the case for the pure surfactants we found again that more stable foams are formed when the head group is capable of forming intersurfactant H-bonds: These results will certainly affect the future design of surfactants.
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Dutta C, Svirida A, Mammetkuliyev M, Rukhadze M, Benderskii AV. Insight into Water Structure at the Surfactant Surfaces and in Microemulsion Confinement. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:7447-7454. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b04733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Chayan Dutta
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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- Faculty
of Exact and Natural Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 3 I. Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi 0128, Georgia
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States
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Barrett A, Imbrogno J, Belfort G, Petersen PB. Phosphate Ions Affect the Water Structure at Functionalized Membrane Surfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:9074-9082. [PMID: 27506305 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Antifouling surfaces improve function, efficiency, and safety in products such as water filtration membranes, marine vehicle coatings, and medical implants by resisting protein and biofilm adhesion. Understanding the role of water structure at these materials in preventing protein adhesion and biofilm formation is critical to designing more effective coatings. Such fouling experiments are typically performed under biological conditions using isotonic aqueous buffers. Previous studies have explored the structure of pure water at a few different antifouling surfaces, but the effect of electrolytes and ionic strength (I) on the water structure at antifouling surfaces is not well studied. Here sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy is used to characterize the interfacial water structure at poly(ether sulfone) (PES) and two surface-modified PES films in contact with 0.01 M phosphate buffer with high and low salt (Ionic strength, I= 0.166 and 0.025 M, respectively). Unmodified PES, commonly used as a filtration membrane, and modified PES with a hydrophobic alkane (C18) and with a poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) were used. In the low ionic strength phosphate buffer, water was strongly ordered near the surface of the PEG-modified PES film due to exclusion of phosphate ions and the creation of a surface potential resulting from charge separation between phosphate anions and sodium cations. However, in the high ionic strength phosphate buffer, the sodium and potassium chloride (138 and 3 mM, respectively) in the phosphate buffered saline screened this charge and substantially reduced water ordering. A much smaller water ordering and subsequent reduction upon salt addition was observed for the C18-modified PES, and little water structure change was seen for the unmodified PES. The large difference in water structuring with increasing ionic strength between widely used phosphate buffer and phosphate buffered saline at the PEG interface demonstrates the importance of studying antifouling coatings in the same aqueous environment for which they are designed. These results further suggest that strong long-range water structuring is limited in high ionic strength environments, such as within cells, facilitating chemical and biological reactions and processes.
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- Aliyah Barrett
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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- Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Howard P. Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , Troy, New York 12180, United States
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- Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University , Ithaca, New York 14850, United States
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de Beer AGF, Roke S. What interactions can distort the orientational distribution of interfacial water molecules as probed by second harmonic and sum frequency generation? J Chem Phys 2016; 145:044705. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4959033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Alex G. F. de Beer
- Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), Institute of Materials Science (IMX), School of Engineering (STI), and Lausanne Centre for Ultrafast Science (LACUS), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Heydari G, Tyrode E, Visnevskij C, Makuska R, Claesson PM. Temperature-Dependent Deicing Properties of Electrostatically Anchored Branched Brush Layers of Poly(ethylene oxide). LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:4194-4202. [PMID: 27064661 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b00671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The hydration water of hydrophilic polymers freezes at subzero temperatures. The adsorption of such polymers will result in a hydrophilic surface layer that strongly binds water. Provided this interfacial hydration water remains liquidlike at subzero temperatures, its presence could possibly reduce ice adhesion, in particular, if the liquidlike layer is thicker than or comparable to the surface roughness. To explore this idea, a diblock copolymer, having one branched bottle-brush block of poly(ethylene oxide) and one linear cationic block, was electrostatically anchored on flat silica surfaces. The shear ice adhesion strength on such polymer-coated surfaces was investigated down to -25 °C using a homebuilt device. In addition, the temperature dependence of the ice adhesion on surfaces coated with only the cationic block, only the branched bottle-brush block, and with linear poly(ethylene oxide) was investigated. Significant ice adhesion reduction, in particular, at temperatures above -15 °C, was observed on silica surfaces coated with the electrostatically anchored diblock copolymer. Differential scanning calorimetry measurements on bulk polymer solutions demonstrate different thermal transitions of water interacting with branched and linear poly(ethylene oxide) (with hydration water melting points of about -18 and -10 °C, respectively). This difference is consistent with the low shear ice adhesion strength measured on surfaces carrying branched bottle-brush structured poly(ethylene oxide) at -10 °C, whereas no significant adhesion reduction was obtained with linear poly(ethylene oxide) at this temperature. We propose a lubrication effect of the hydration water bound to the branched bottle-brush structured poly(ethylene oxide), which, in the bulk, does not freeze until -18 °C.
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- Golrokh Heydari
- Department of Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Vilnius University , Naugarduko 24, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Vilnius University , Naugarduko 24, LT-03225 Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology , Drottning Kristinas väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Chemistry, Materials and Surfaces, SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden , Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhou J, Anim-Danso E, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Dhinojwala A. Interfacial Water at Polyurethane-Sapphire Interface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:12401-7. [PMID: 26496071 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Infrared-visible sum frequency generation spectroscopy (SFG) was used to directly probe water between polyurethane (PU) and sapphire substrates after exposing samples to liquid water and water vapor. For liquid water, the observation of SFG peaks associated with H2O bands (3000-3400 cm(-1)) and D2O bands (2300-2600 cm(-1)) indicated water molecules diffused to the buried interface and existed in the form of a hydrogen-bonded water network. The water layer disrupted interactions between polyurethane and sapphire. When PU films were exposed to water vapor, the SFG peak intensities of PU hydrocarbon and sapphire hydroxyl groups changed significantly, which suggested water molecules had reached the interface. However, no hydrogen-bonded water bands were present; instead, the H2O peak at 3550 cm(-1) and D2O peaks (2600-2700 cm(-1)) were observed. We assigned these peaks to low-coordination water molecules or hydroxyl groups hydrogen bonded with carboxyl groups of PU at the interface. The water molecules did not form a uniform layer at the interface and as a consequence did not completely disrupt the PU/sapphire interactions. These results provide important implications for understanding interfacial adhesion, coatings, and corrosion.
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- Jing Zhou
- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron , Akron, Ohio 44325-3909, United States
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Ge A, Seo JH, Qiao L, Yui N, Ye S. Structural Reorganization and Fibrinogen Adsorption Behaviors on the Polyrotaxane Surfaces Investigated by Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2015; 7:22709-22718. [PMID: 26393413 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b07760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Polyrotaxanes, such as supramolecular assemblies with methylated α-cyclodextrins (α-CDs) as host molecules noncovalently threaded on the linear polymer backbone, are promising materials for biomedical applications because they allow adsorbed proteins possessing a high surface flexibility as well as control of the cellular morphology and adhesion. To provide a general design principle for biomedical materials, we examined the surface reorganization behaviors and adsorption conformations of fibrinogen on the polyrotaxane surfaces with comparison to several random copolymers by sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy. We showed that the polyrotaxane (OMe-PRX-PMB) with methylated α-CDs as the host molecule exhibited unique surface structures in an aqueous environment. The hydrophobic interaction between the methoxy groups of the methylated α-CD molecules and methyl groups of the n-butyl methacrylate (BMA) side chains may dominate the surface restructuring behavior of the OMe-PRX-PMB. The orientation analysis revealed that the orientation of the fibrinogen adsorbed on the OMe-PRX-PMB surface is close to a single distribution, which is different from the adsorption behaviors of fibrinogen on other polyrotaxane or random copolymer surfaces.
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- Aimin Ge
- Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University , Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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- Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University , Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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- Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University , Sapporo 001-0021, Japan
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Adhikari A. Accurate determination of complex χ(2) spectrum of the air/water interface. J Chem Phys 2015; 143:124707. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4931485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Aniruddha Adhikari
- Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Schellmann K, Preisig N, Claesson P, Stubenrauch C. Effects of protonation on foaming properties of dodecyldimethylamine oxide solutions: a pH-study. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:561-571. [PMID: 25425481 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02476a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The critical micelle concentration (cmc), the surface excess (Γ), as well as the micelle aggregation number (m) of the surfactant dodecyldimethylamine oxide (C12DMAO) have been reported to strongly depend on the pH-value of the aqueous surfactant solution. At high ionic strength, the cmc displays a minimum, while both Γ and m have a maximum at a pH-value close to the pKa of the surfactant. These experimental observations have been explained as being due to specific hydrogen bonds between the head groups, which are formed once the surfactant is partly or fully protonated. This investigation addresses the question of whether the pH also affects the foaming properties of C12DMAO solutions. To answer this question we measured the foamability and the foam stability of C12DMAO solutions at a fixed C12DMAO concentration of 5 cmc for five different pH-values, namely pH = 2, 3, 5, 8, and 10. We found that the foamability is hardly affected by the pH-value, while the foam stability strongly depends on the pH. As is the case for the above mentioned properties, the foam stability also displays an extremum in the studied pH-range, namely a maximum at pH = 5. We discuss our results in terms of the hydrogen bond hypothesis and show that this hypothesis indeed is in line with the observed trend for the foam stability. Moreover, we discuss that hydrogen bond formation may rationalize how the molecular structure of a surfactant affects foam stability.
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- Kathrin Schellmann
- Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Peng Y, Totsingan F, Meier MAR, Steinmann M, Wurm F, Koh A, Gross RA. Sophorolipids: Expanding structural diversity by ring-opening cross-metathesis. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201400466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Yifeng Peng
- Department of Chemistry and Biology; Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; New York University; Polytechnic School of Engineering; Brooklyn NY USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology; Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology; Karlsruhe Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research; Mainz Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research; Mainz Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biology; Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
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Local solubility of nonpolar molecules in the liquid–vapor interfaces of water and simple liquids. J Mol Liq 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2014.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Zhang L, Liu Z, Ren T, Wu P, Shen JW, Zhang W, Wang X. Understanding the structure of hydrophobic surfactants at the air/water interface from molecular level. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:13815-13822. [PMID: 25358083 DOI: 10.1021/la5030586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Understanding the behavior of fluorocarbon surfactants at the air/water interface is crucial for many applications, such as lubricants, paints, cosmetics, and fire-fighting foams. In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were employed to investigate the microscopic properties of non-ionic fluorocarbon surfactants at the air/water interface. Several properties, including the distribution of head groups, the distribution probability of the tilt angle between hydrophobic tails with respect to the xy plane, and the order parameter of surfactants, were computed to probe the structure of hydrophobic surfactants at the air/water interface. The effects of the monomer structure on interfacial phenomena of non-ionic surfactants were investigated as well. It is observed that the structure of fluorocarbon surfactants at the air/water interface is more ordered than that of hydrocarbons, which is dominated by the van der Waals interaction between surfactants and water molecules. However, replacing one or two CF2 with one or two CH2 group does not significantly influence the interfacial structure, suggesting that hydrocarbons may be promising alternatives to perfluorinated surfactants.
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- Li Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Advanced Textile Materials and Manufacturing Technology of Education Ministry, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University , Xiasha Higher Education Zone, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310018, People's Republic of China
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Abe K, Sumi T, Koga K. Temperature dependence of local solubility of hydrophobic molecules in the liquid-vapor interface of water. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:18C516. [PMID: 25399181 DOI: 10.1063/1.4896236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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One important aspect of the hydrophobic effect is that solubility of small, nonpolar molecules in liquid water decreases with increasing temperature. We investigate here how the characteristic temperature dependence in liquid water persists or changes in the vicinity of the liquid-vapor interface. From the molecular dynamics simulation and the test-particle insertion method, the local solubility Σ of methane in the liquid-vapor interface of water as well as Σ of nonpolar solutes in the interface of simple liquids are calculated as a function of the distance z from the interface. We then examine the temperature dependence of Σ under two conditions: variation of Σ at fixed position z and that at fixed local solvent density around the solute molecule. It is found that the temperature dependence of Σ at fixed z depends on the position z and the system, whereas Σ at fixed local density decreases with increasing temperature for all the model solutions at any fixed density between vapor and liquid phases. The monotonic decrease of Σ under the fixed-density condition in the liquid-vapor interface is in accord with what we know for the solubility of nonpolar molecules in bulk liquid water under the fixed-volume condition but it is much robust since the solvent density to be fixed can be anything between the coexisting vapor and liquid phases. A unique feature found in the water interface is that there is a minimum in the local solubility profile Σ(z) on the liquid side of the interface. We find that with decreasing temperature the minimum of Σ grows and at the same time the first peak in the oscillatory density profile of water develops. It is likely that the minimum of Σ is due to the layering structure of the free interface of water.
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- Kiharu Abe
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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Feng RR, Guo Y, Wang HF. Reorientation of the “free OH” group in the top-most layer of air/water interface of sodium fluoride aqueous solution probed with sum-frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2014; 141:18C507. [PMID: 25399172 DOI: 10.1063/1.4895561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Ran-Ran Feng
- International Center for Quantum Materials, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Institute of Chemistry, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- William R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 902 Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA
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Hu D, Chou KC. Re-Evaluating the Surface Tension Analysis of Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Mixtures Using Phase-Sensitive Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:15114-7. [DOI: 10.1021/ja5049175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Dan Hu
- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z1, Canada
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Johnson CM, Baldelli S. Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy Studies of the Influence of Solutes and Phospholipids at Vapor/Water Interfaces Relevant to Biological and Environmental Systems. Chem Rev 2014; 114:8416-46. [DOI: 10.1021/cr4004902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- C. Magnus Johnson
- Division of Surface and Corrosion
Science, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Drottning Kristinas Väg 51, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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Wojciechowski K, Orczyk M, Marcinkowski K, Kobiela T, Trapp M, Gutberlet T, Geue T. Effect of hydration of sugar groups on adsorption of Quillaja bark saponin at air/water and Si/water interfaces. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2014; 117:60-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2014.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 02/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Blower PG, Ota ST, Valley NA, Wood SR, Richmond GL. Sink or Surf: Atmospheric Implications for Succinic Acid at Aqueous Surfaces. J Phys Chem A 2013; 117:7887-903. [DOI: 10.1021/jp405067y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Patrick G. Blower
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403, United States
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Szymczyk K. Behaviour of the fluorocarbon surfactants in the monolayer at the water–air interface and in the bulk phase. J Fluor Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2013.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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