Sponge-to-Lamellar Transition in a Double-Tail Cationic Surfactant/Protic Ionic Liquid System: Structural and Rheological Analysis

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• 作者：Carlos R. L贸pez-Barr贸n ; Madivala G. Basavaraj ; Leo DeRita ; Norman J. Wagner
• 刊名：The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：January 19, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：116
• 期：2
• 页码：813-822
• 全文大小：1249K
• 年卷期：v.116,no.2(January 19, 2012)
• ISSN：1520-5207

文摘

The self-assembly of didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) in a protic ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate (EAN), in the high surfactant concentration regime is studied using five different experimental techniques. A thermoreversible first-order sponge (L₃) to lamellar (L_伪) transition occurring at [DDAB] > 80 wt % was identified by (1) a sharp increase in the elastic and viscous moduli, (2) a transition peak recorded by differential scanning calorimetry, (3) formation of Maltese cross birefringence textures observed via polarizing optical microscopy, (4) a decrease in the interbilayer mean distance measured by small angle neutron scattering, and (5) an abrupt increase in the conductivity obstruction factor. In contrast to aqueous DDAB solutions, this surfactant forms a stable L₃ phase in EAN in a wide window of compositions and temperatures, which is potentially useful for the synthesis of nanoporous materials. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first evidence of the formation of the L₃ phase in an ionic liquid.