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Water-Responsive Internally Structured Polymer Surfactant Films on Solid Surfaces

Gustavsson, Charlotte LU ; Li, Joaquim LU ; Edler, Karen J. and Piculell, Lennart LU (2014) In Langmuir 30(42). p.12525-12531
Abstract
Water-insoluble films of oppositely charged polyionsurfactant ion complex salts (CS) are readily cast on solid surfaces from ethanolic solutions. The methodology introduces new possibilities to study and utilize more or less hydrated CS. Direct SAXS measurements show that the surface films are water-responsive and change their liquid crystalline structure in response to changes in the water activity of the environment. In addition to the classical micellar cubic and hexagonal phases, a rectangular ribbon phase and a hexagonal close-packed structure have now been detected for CS composed of cationic alkyltrimethylammonium surfactants with polyacrylate counterions. Added cosurfactants, decanol or the nonionic surfactant C12E5, yield... (More)
Water-insoluble films of oppositely charged polyionsurfactant ion complex salts (CS) are readily cast on solid surfaces from ethanolic solutions. The methodology introduces new possibilities to study and utilize more or less hydrated CS. Direct SAXS measurements show that the surface films are water-responsive and change their liquid crystalline structure in response to changes in the water activity of the environment. In addition to the classical micellar cubic and hexagonal phases, a rectangular ribbon phase and a hexagonal close-packed structure have now been detected for CS composed of cationic alkyltrimethylammonium surfactants with polyacrylate counterions. Added cosurfactants, decanol or the nonionic surfactant C12E5, yield additional lamellar and bicontinuous cubic structures. Images of the surfaces by optical and atomic force microscopy show that the films cover the surfaces well but have a more or less irregular surface topology, including craters of sizes ranging from a few to hundreds of micrometers. The results indicate possibilities to create a wealth of water-responsive structured CS films on solid surfaces. (Less)
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10.1021/la503210g
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  author       = {{Gustavsson, Charlotte and Li, Joaquim and Edler, Karen J. and Piculell, Lennart}},
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  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Langmuir}},
  title        = {{Water-Responsive Internally Structured Polymer Surfactant Films on Solid Surfaces}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la503210g}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/la503210g}},
  volume       = {{30}},
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