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Dynamics of Mixed Surfactants in Aqueous Solutions Yan Jiang,†,‡,|| Hong Chen,§ Shizhen Mao,*,† Pingya Luo,§ Youru Du,† and Maili Liu*,† †

Wuhan Center for Magnetic Resonance, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, P. R. China ‡ Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, P. R. China § State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Southwest Petroleum University, Chengdu 610500, P. R. China ABSTRACT: The dynamics of mixed surfactants in aqueous solution has been studied at a molecular level by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The line widths and line shapes of the resonance peaks of two types of binary mixed surfactant systems, ionic/nonionic mixed solutions (122-12/TX-100, 14-2-14/TX-100, 14-2-14/Brij-35, and SDS/ TX-100) and ionic/ionic mixed solutions (12-2-12/TTAB and 14-2-14/TTAB), in the 1H NMR spectra offered semiquantitative results about the influence of mixing on the surfactant exchange dynamics between monomers in aqueous solution and those in the micelles. The results showed that the exchange rates of the mixed surfactants were enhanced by each other for the three cationic/nonionic mixed solutions, while the exchange rates were lowered by each other for the two cationic/cationic mixed solutions. As for SDS/TX-100 mixed systems, the addition of SDS made the exchange rate of TX-100 in solution faster, while TX100 made the exchange rate of SDS slower. These results provide some information about surfactant interaction in mixed solutions.

’ INTRODUCTION Mixed surfactant systems are encountered in nearly all practical applications of surfactants. This is due to the inherent difficulty of preparing chemically pure surfactants and the performance advantage or synergism that often results from deliberately mixing different surfactant types. This has led to considerable theoretical and experimental work in order to understand the properties and behavior of these complex systems. Generally speaking, homologue nonionic/nonionic surfactants might be ideally mixed, while two surfactants with different head groups are nonideally mixed to a large extent. After Clint’s ideal solution theory,1 Rubingh2,3 proposed the often used nonideal solution theory. Subsequently, binary mixed surfactant solutions that are ideally mixed or nonideally mixed4-19 have been paid much attention, among which the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of the mixed solutions, interaction parameters between the surfactants, thermodynamics, aggregation number, and the structure of the mixed micelles have been dealt. Not long ago, Cui et al.20 made a full investigation on the mechanism of mixed micelle formation in the mixed surfactant solution using NMR methods. In spite of that, the dynamics of each surfactant component in the mixed solution is still a mystery. In fact, the dynamics in the mixed solution has much to do with the mechanism of the mixed micelle formation and the interactions between the surfactants. Thus, it seems necessary and very important to work out the dynamics in the mixed solution. There are many kinds of methods21-23 generally used in studying the dynamics in surfactant solution, including chemical r 2011 American Chemical Society

relaxation methods (ultrasonic absorption method, temperature jump, pressure jump, electric field jump, concentration jump), time-resolved luminescence quenching, electron spin resonance (ESR), rheology, etc. All of the methods mentioned above suffered from the disadvantage of giving only average information about the studied mixed system. NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool in studying surfactant aqueous solution systems. It can provide information at molecular and atomic levels and offers the advantages of being able to observe the behavior of each component in the mixture independently. There are two wellknown NMR methods in studying the exchange processes, the line shape analysis method and two-dimensional exchange spectroscopy24,25 (2D EXSY) method. Chemical exchange processes are manifested by characteristic changes of the NMR line shape involving exchange broadening and coalescence. Line shape analysis,26 which can offer direct information on the exchange process, is of major importance for the analysis of chemical exchange processes in dynamic equilibrium. We have studied the dynamics of a quaternary ammonium bromide gemini surfactant 14-2-14 in its binary mixed solutions with several conventional surfactants by the use of the line widths of the observed resonance peaks of the monomer in solution and those in the micelles, which have been easily measured owing to its slow exchange rate on the NMR time scale.27 This paper Received: August 19, 2010 Revised: December 18, 2010 Published: February 14, 2011 1986

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would give us the answer of how 14-2-14 influences the exchange rate of its partner, conventional nonionic or ionic surfactants, which exchanges fast in its single solution on the NMR time scale, and how one surfactant would influence the exchange rates of the other in their mixed systems.

’ EXPERIMENTAL SECTION Materials. The quaternary ammonium dimeric surfactants, 12-2-12 (MW614.67) and 14-2-14 (MW670.77), have been synthesized by the Southwest Petroleum University. The samples were recrystallized in the mixture of ethyl acetate and chloroform for several times until a minimum in the surface tension profile was no longer observed. N-Tetradecyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (TTAB, MW336.39) was the product of TCI. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS, MW288.38) was the product of Alfa Aesar with a purity of 99%. Triton X-100 (TX-100, MW646.86) was the product of Nacalai Tesque. Polyethylene glycol (23) lauryl ether (Brij-35, MW1199.56) was the product of ACROS ORGANICS. D2O was the product of NORELL AMEX with a deuteration of 99.8%. The above-mentioned reagents were used as received, without any further purification. D2O was used as the solvent instead of water in order to weaken the proton signal of the solvent and to lock field. Experiments. In preparing the mixed surfactant solutions for exchange experiments, for the surfactants which exhibit fast exchange on the NMR time scale, we first prepared a series of mixed solutions with different total concentrations at definite mole fractions to estimate the cmc(s) of the mixed surfactants at each mole fractions by measuring their proton chemical shifts. For each mixed system, a high concentration solution was prepared by mixing two high concentration unitary surfactant solutions, first. Then, it was diluted step by step, so that, for all the mixed solutions, the mole fraction of each surfactant was kept constant and only the total concentrations of the mixed solutions changed regularly. For exchange experiments, “2 cmc solution” was used, where the concentration of a surfactant is twice its cmc in the mixed solution. The 1H NMR spectra of these mixed solutions were measured. NMR experiments were performed at 25 °C on Bruker AVANCE spectrometers with a proton frequency of 600.13 MHz (14-2-14/TX-100, 12-2-12/TX-100, 12-2-12/TTAB, and 14-2-14/TTAB mixed systems) and 500.13 MHz (SDS/TX-100 mixed system), respectively. TSP (Me3Si-CD2CD2-CO2Na) was used as the external reference. For assuring complete recovery of magnetization vector, a small pulse flip angle of 30° was used rather than 90° in the conventional single pulse sequence. At the same time, the presaturation method was used to suppress the water signal.

’ RESULTS AND DISCUSSION The molecular formulas and proton numberings of the surfactants studied, 12-2-12, 14-2-14, TTAB, SDS, TX-100, and Brij-35, are shown in Scheme 1. Among the individual surfactant solutions at an ambient temperature of 25 °C, the exchange between monomers in the bulk solution and those in the micelles of 14-2-14 is slow, while the exchange of all the other surfactants studied (12-2-12, TTAB, SDS, TX-100, and Brij-35) is fast on the NMR time scale.27-32 Only one set of peaks appears in the NMR spectra for the surfactants exchanging fast on the NMR time scale. In such cases,

Figure 1. Parts of the 1H NMR spectra showing the peaks of X1 and X2 of TX-100 at twice the cmcTX-100 in the mixed system of 14-2-14/TX100 and at different mole fractions of 14-2-14 (values on the left).

Scheme 1. Molecular Formulas of Surfactants 12-2-12, 14-214, TTAB, SDS, TX-100, and Brij-35, along with Their Proton Numberings

variation in 1H chemical shift is widely used to deduce the cmc of surfactants in solutions.31 Plotting the observed chemical shift (δobsd) as the function of its inversed concentration yields two straight lines, the intersection of which is the cmc. For the surfactants under slow exchanging on the NMR time scale, a second set of peaks might show up in NMR spectra. The two sets of the peaks are assigned to the monomer and the micelle, respectively, in the solution. Huc and Oda28 showed that, for a slow exchange system, such as 14-2-14 in D2O solution at 25 °C, the cmc can be estimated by integrating the monomer signals and comparing these with an internal standard, or more accurately determined by diluting the sample beyond the disappearance of the micelle peaks and plotting the peak intensities as a function of concentration. 1. Ionic/Nonionic Mixed Solutions. 1.1. 14-2-14/TX-100 Mixed System. TX-100 exchanges fast on the NMR time scale, so its exchange dynamics could be investigated only by line shape analysis. 1H NMR spectra of various concentrations of 14-2-14/ TX-100 mixed solutions at different mole fractions of 14-2-14 1987

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Table 1. Observed Line Widths at Half-Height of Peaks of H6 (Monomer) and H60 (Micelles) of 14-2-14, and X1 (TX-100) in the 14-2-14/TX-100 Mixed System at the Concentration of Twice Their cmc’s, Respectively, and the cmc Values of 14-2-14 and TX100 in Mixed Solutions with Different Mole Fractions of 14-2-14 (r14-2-14) R14-2-14

Δνobs(X1) (Hz)

Δνobs(H60 ) (Hz)

Δνobs(H6) (Hz)

cmc14-2-14 (mM)

cmcTX-100 (mM) 0.30

35.66

0.12

0.01

0.15

20.10

0.20

0.03

0.13

16.52

5.77

0.38

0.05

0.08

14.62

18.75

0.86

0.09

0.01

11.43

0.00

(R14-2-14 = 0.86, 0.38, 0.20, 0.12, and 0.00) were measured at 25 °C. The selected 1H NMR spectral regions containing peaks of X1 and X2 of TX-100 are shown in Figure 1, where the concentrations of TX-100 are twice its cmc in the mixed solutions at different R14-2-14. The vertical scales were adjusted so that the peak intensities of the same proton in the spectra were identical for convenient comparison of the line width and line shape changes. It can be seen from the spectra, as the mole fraction of 14-2-14 (R14-2-14) increased, both of the TX-100 peaks (X1 and X2) became narrower. When R14-2-14 equaled 0.86, the peaks of X1 and X2 were so narrow that the spin-spin coupling was resolved. It is well-known that the line width of the resonance peaks in the 1H NMR spectra can be used to study the chemical exchange processes.24,26,33 The observed line widths at half-height of peaks of X1 of TX-100 and H6 (monomers) and H60 (micelles) of 142-14 at the concentrations of 2 times their cmcs, respectively, in the mixed system (14-2-14/TX-100) with different mole fractions of 14-2-14 (R14-2-14) are listed in Table 1. The data in Table 1 agree well with our previous result27 that 14-2-14 exchanges faster when mixed with TX-100. As for TX-100, when R14-2-14 increased, the line width of X1 decreased remarkably, which indicated that the exchange rate of TX-100 was faster when mixed with 14-2-14. 14-2-14 and TX-100 form mixed micelles in their mixed solution.20 We have shown that in micellization the poly ethoxy chains of TX-100 become twisted surrounding the hydrophobic core of the TX-100 micelle34 to prevent the contact between the hydrophobic core and the polar solvent. However, in mixing with CTAB, they become stretched in the mixed micelle.35 It shows that the bulky headgroup of CTAB exerts steric hindrance on the poly ethoxy group of the TX-100 molecule in the mixed micelle. The conformations of the TX-100 molecules are different in the pure and mixed micelles. This situation will probably be the same in the case of the cationic geminis. Thus, TX-100 molecules will leave the mixed, with the cationic gemini 14-2-14, micelles easier than they leave their pure micelles. On the other hand, the cationic gemini molecules are separated by the mixed TX-100 molecules, which will weaken the hydrophobic interaction between the alkyl chains of the geminis; consequently, they also leave the mixed micelles easier than they leave their pure micelles. The results clearly demonstrate that the enhanced exchange rates of the cationic/nonionic mixed surfactants have nothing to do with the so-called ionic/nonionic interaction of the theory of nonideal mixed solutions. 1.2. 12-2-12/TX-100 Mixed System. 12-2-12 is another quaternary ammonium bromide gemini surfactant which, however, exchanges fast on the NMR time scale. Variations of the observed line widths of peaks of proton D6 (12-2-12) and X1 (TX-100) of the 12-2-12/TX-100 mixed system at twice their cmc’s, respectively,

5.31

15.80

7.10

Figure 2. Variations of the observed line widths at half-height of peaks of proton D6 (12-2-12) and X1 (TX-100) of the 12-2-12/TX-100 mixed system at twice their cmc’s, respectively, with different mole fractions of TX-100 (RTX-100).

with different mole fractions of TX-100 (RTX-100) are shown in Figure 2 (cmc12-2-12 = 0.79, 0.37, and 0.10 mM for RTX-100 = 0.00, 0.55, and 0.84 and cmcTX-100 = 0.17, 0.21, and 0.30 mM for RTX-100 = 0.55, 0.84, and 1.00, respectively). As RTX-100 increased, the line width of D6 (12-2-12) decreased, which meant that the exchange rate of 12-2-12 increased. The same trend was found for TX-100: the line width of X1 decreased as R12-2-12 increased (RTX-100 decreased), which indicated that the exchange rate of TX-100 increased when mixed with 12-2-12. Despite the fact that 14-2-14 exchanges slow while 12-2-12 exchanges fast on the NMR time scale, one surfactant enhanced the exchange rate of the other surfactant for both mixed systems 12-2-12/TX-100 and 14-2-14/TX-100. 1.3. 14-2-14/Brij-35 Mixed System. Brij-35 is another nonionic surfactant studied here that also undergoes fast exchange on the NMR time scale. Parts of the 1H NMR spectra and proton assignments of the 14-2-14/Brij-35 mixed system at twice the cmcBrij-35 with different mole fractions of 14-2-14 (R14-2-14) are shown in Figure 3 (cmcBrij-35 = 0.09, 0.03, 0.03, and 0.02 mM for R14-2-14 = 0.00, 0.17, 0.35, and 0.54, respectively). It can still be found that the peaks of B3 sharpened as R14-2-14 increased, which suggests that the exchange rate of Brij-35 in aqueous solution increased when mixed with 14-2-14. It had been known that mixing with Brij-35 enhances the 14-2-14 exchange rate.27 Thus, the 14-2-14/Brij-35 mixed system also shows that the exchange rates of the two mixed surfactants were enhanced by each other. Finally, we can conclude that mixing cationic with nonionic surfactants enhances their respective exchange rates by each other. 1.4. SDS/TX-100 Mixed System. SDS is an often used conventional anionic surfactant. SDS and TX-100 both exchange fast on the NMR time scale. Parts of the 1H NMR spectra and proton assignments of the SDS/TX-100 mixed system at twice their cmc’s, respectively, with different mole fractions of TX-100 (RTX-100) are shown in Figure 4 (cmcSDS = 0.90, 0.60, 0.32, 1988

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Figure 5. Variations of the observed line widths of peaks of proton T6 (TTAB) of the 14-2-14/TTAB mixed system at different mole fractions of 14-2-14 (R14-2-14).

Figure 3. Parts of the 1H NMR spectra and proton assignments of the 14-2-14/Brij-35 mixed system at twice the cmcBrij-35 at different mole fractions of 14-2-14 (values on the left).

Figure 6. Variations of the observed line widths of peaks of proton D6 (12-2-12) and T6 (TTAB) of the 12-2-12/TTAB mixed system at twice their cmc’s, respectively, with different mole fractions of TTAB (RTTAB).

Figure 4. Parts of the 1H NMR spectra and proton assignments of the SDS/TX-100 mixed system at different mole fractions of TX-100 (values on the left).

0.18, and 0.08 mM for RTX-100 = 0.09, 0.18, 0.29, 0.48, and 0.79 and cmcTX-100 = 0.09, 0.10, 0.12, 0.15, 0.18, and 0.30 mM for RTX-100 = 0.09, 0.18, 0.29, 0.48, 0.79, and 1.00, respectively). As RTX-100 increased, the peaks of S5 (SDS) broadened, which indicated that the exchange rate of SDS decreased upon mixing with TX-100. As for TX-100, as the mole fraction of SDS (RSDS) increased (i.e., RTX-100 decreased), the line widths of X1 and X2 turned narrower, which meant that the exchange rate of TX-100 increased as it was mixed with SDS. When the mole fraction of SDS reached 0.91, the peaks X1 and X2 were so narrow that their coupling doublets appeared. 2. Ionic/Ionic Mixed Solution. 2.1. 14-2-14/TTAB Mixed System. TTAB is one-half of a 14-2-14 molecule. Due to the similarity in the structures between 14-2-14 and TTAB, most of their peaks overlapped in the 1H NMR spectra of the 14-2-14/ TTAB mixed system. We were able to detect a resolved T6

(TTAB) peak and measure its line width. Thus, it is possible to measure its line width instead of showing its line shape. Variations of the observed line widths of proton T6 (TTAB) at twice its cmc with different mole fractions of 14-2-14 (R14-2-14) are shown in Figure 5 (cmcTTAB = 3.48, 1.60, 0.53, and 0.31 mM for R14-2-14 = 0.00, 0.24, 0.48, and 0.74, respectively). It is easy to see that, as R14-2-14 increased, the T6 peak became wider, which meant that the exchange rate of TTAB decreased when mixed with 14-2-14. Together with the result obtained before, i.e., that the exchange rate of 14-2-14 decreased when mixed with TTAB,27 we conclude that the exchange rates of the two mixed surfactants, 14-2-14 and TTAB, are lowered by each other. 2.2. 12-2-12/TTAB Mixed System. Variations of the observed line widths of peaks of proton D6 (12-2-12) and T6 (TTAB) of the 12-2-12/TTAB mixed system at twice their cmc’s, respectively, with different mole fractions of TTAB (RTTAB) are shown in Figure 6 (cmc12-2-12 = 0.79, 0.71, 0.50, and 0.25 mM for RTTAB = 0.00, 0.19, 0.42, and 0.73 and cmcTTAB = 0.21, 0.65, 0.61, and 3.49 mM for RTTAB = 0.19, 0.42, 0.73, and 1.00, respectively). The analogues, 14-2-14 and 12-2-12, are different in exchange rates. 12-2-12 exchanges fast in its individual surfactant solution on the NMR time scale. Still, the exchange rates of the two mixed 1989

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’ CONCLUSION 1 H NMR showed a powerful capability in studying the dynamics of mixed solutions. The exchange dynamics of several mixed surfactant systems (12-2-12/TX-100, 14-2-14/TX-100, SDS/TX-100, 14-2-14/Brij-35, 12-2-12/TTAB, and 14-2-14/ TTAB) was investigated by detecting their 1H NMR spectra and comparing the line widths and line shapes of the peaks of selected protons. The results show that in mixing cationic surfactants with nonionic surfactants the exchange rates of both surfactants are enhanced due to the influence of the bulky head groups of the cationic surfactant on the conformation of the nonionic surfactant. These results clearly demonstrate that the enhanced exchange rates of the cationic/nonionic mixed surfactants have nothing to do with the so-called ionic/nonionic interaction of the theory of nonideal mixed solutions. However, lowered exchange rates were observed in mixing different cationic surfactants. It offered us some suggestion on choosing surfactant mixtures. ’ AUTHOR INFORMATION Corresponding Author

*E-mail: [email protected] (S.M.); [email protected] (M.L.). Phone: 86-27-87197305. Fax: 86-27-87199291. )

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Present address: Public test center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu 610041, P. R. China

’ ACKNOWLEDGMENT Financial support by the National Science Foundation of China (20635040, 20975111, 20921004) and 973 Project of MOST (2009CB918600) is gratefully acknowledged.

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