文摘
A new family of polymerizable surfactants was synthesized starting from a 1:1 mixture of alkylcarboxylic acids(C10 to C16) and norbornene methyleneamine. The ion-paired surfactants exhibited cloud temperatures, surface activity,and critical aggregation concentrations that differed according to the chain length, with a variation indicating a stronglyassociated ion pair. Light-scattering measurements and electron microscopy observations confirmed the spontaneousformation of stable vesicles (90 nm < d < 370 nm). Also, NMR experiments showed the enclosing of the norbornenepart inside the vesicle membrane. Moreover, the addition of sodium chloride allowed the formation of a tubularstructure leading to a viscous or gel-like solution. Finally, a preliminary vinylic polymerization test proved thepolymerizable character of these ion-paired surfactants by an organometallic catalysis, leading to partially polymerizedvesicles.