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Tuning Micellar Structures in Supercritical CO2 Using Surfactant and Amphiphile Mixtures

Jocelyn Peach†, Adam Czajka†, Gavin Hazell†, Christopher Hill†, Azmi Mohamed‡, Jonathan

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C. Pegg†, Sarah E. Rogers§, Julian Eastoe* ,†

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Author Address

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School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, United Kingdom

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University Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Faculty of Science and Mathematics, Department of

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Chemistry, Tanjong Malim 35900, Perak, Malaysia.

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United Kingdom

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Keywords

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Supercritical CO2; Viscosity; Surfactants; Hydrotropes; Small-angle Neutron Scattering; self-

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assembly; reversed micelles

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, ISIS Spallation Source, Chilton, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QT,

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Abstract

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For equivalent micellar volume fraction () systems containing anisotropic micelles are

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generally more viscous than those comprising spherical micelles. Many surfactants used in

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water-in- CO2 (w/c) microemulsions are fluorinated analogues of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)

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sulfosuccinate (AOT): here it is proposed that mixtures of CO2-philic surfactants with

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hydrotropes and co-surfactants may generate elongated micelles in w/c systems at high-

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pressures (e.g. 100-400 bar). A range of novel w/c microemulsions, stabilised by new custom-

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synthesized CO2-phillic, partially fluorinated surfactants, were formulated with hydrotropes

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and co-surfactant. The effects of water content (w = [water]/[surfactant]), surfactant structure

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and hydrotrope tail length were all investigated. Dispersed water domains were probed using

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High Pressure Small-angle Neutron Scattering (HP-SANS), which provided evidence for

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elongated reversed micelles in supercritical CO2. These new micelles have significantly lower

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fluorination levels than previously reported (6-29 wt % cf. 14-52 wt %), and furthermore, they

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support higher water dispersion levels than other related systems (w = 15 cf. w = 5). The

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intrinsic viscosities of these w/c microemulsions were estimated based on micelle aspect ratio;

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from this value a relative viscosity value can be estimated through combination with the

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micellar volume fraction (). Combining these new results with those for all other reported

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systems, it has been possible to ‘map’ predicted viscosity increases in CO2 arising from

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elongated reversed micelles, as a function surfactant fluorination and micellar aspect ratio.

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Introduction

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In recent years, there has been focus, both in society as a whole and in the scientific community,

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to work in a more sustainable and environmentally friendly fashion. The philosophy of green

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chemistry is put into practice in several ways, including reducing or eliminating the use of toxic

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and hazardous reagents or products, minimizing the energy required for chemical processes

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and avoiding the use or production of waste, whenever possible1. With this in mind, there is

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increased interest in the use of supercritical CO2 (scCO2) as a replacement solvent for volatile

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organic compounds (VOCs)2 due to its abundance, low cost and low toxicity. Self-assembly

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of additives in scCO2 has been studied for around 30 years and reviewed extensively, most

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recently in reference 3. Unfortunately, scCO2 exhibits poor solubility for polar and ionic species

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due to its low dielectric constant and non-polar nature4,5.

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developments in tackling the poor solvent quality of scCO2, by employing CO2-philic

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surfactants for the formation of water-in-CO2 (w/c) emulsions and microemulsions (µEs)3,6,7.

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The majority of CO2-philic surfactants are not commercially available8 and have to be specially

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synthesised. Substantial breakthroughs have been made in identifying the chemical and

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physical properties which govern the CO2-philicity of solutes and surfactants, through the

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inclusion of CO2-philic moieties, such as fluorocarbons (FCs)9. The downsides are that FC-

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based surfactants are expensive and environmentally unfriendly10,11. The levels fluorination in

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CO2-philic surfactants have been successfully reduced using ‘hybrid’ di-chained surfactants5,7,

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such as investigated here and denoted as hybrid CF2:AOT4 and hybrid CF2:SIS1 (Figure 1).

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These particular hybrid surfactants comprise two generally recognized CO2-philic groups

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There have been significant

one a ‘CF2’ (pentafluoropentyl) chain, and the other a separate branched hydrocarbon chain.

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TCF2

Sodium 1,4-bis(4H, 4H, 5H, 5H, 5Hpentafluoropentyl)-3-(4H, 4H, 5H, 5H, 5H-pentafluoropentyloxycarbonyl)1,4-dioxobutane-2-sulfonate

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Sodium bis(4H, 4H, 5H, 5H, 5Hpentafluoropentyl)-2-sulfosuccinate

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Hybrid CF2:AOT4

sodium (4H, 4H, 5H, 5H, 5Hpentafluoropentyl-3,5,5-trimethyl-1hexyl)-2-sulfosuccinate

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Hybrid CF2:SIS1

Sodium (4H, 4H, 5H, 5H, 5Hpentafluoropenyl-5,7,7-trimethyl-2(1,3,3-trimethyl-butyl)-octyl)-2sulfosuccinate

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Sodium p-ethylbenzoate

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Sodium bis(isopropoxy methyl) sulfosuccinate

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Figure 1 - Surfactants and Additives used in this work. The common ‘CF2’ (pentafluoropentyl) tail group is highlighted.

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Also investigated here were two other CO2-philic surfactants; DCF2, a di-chained surfactant,

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with two individual CF2 tails and TCF2, a tri-chained surfactant, with three individual CF2

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tails (Figure 1). Hence, there is a logical development in chemical structure in the surfactants

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studied, providing new insight into structure-performance relationships and allowing

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exploration of the limits of low fluorination.

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Other applications of scCO2 are for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) and Carbon Capture and

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Sequestration (CCS)13. However, there are notable issues with handling, storage and viscous

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fingering in these applications3, and there is a need to develop additives for enhancing the

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viscosity of scCO214–17. Viscosity increases have been documented in normal organic and

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aqueous media, arising from elongation of spherical micelles to form ellipsoidal or rod-like

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micelles18. The formation of anisotropic and rod-like micelles can be induced in a variety of

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ways: by modifying the surfactant counterions19,20, or through mixing surfactants,

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hydrotropes21,22 and co-surfactants23 and there has been some success applying these

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approaches to reversed curvature w/c systems

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cause changes in surfactant packing parameter Pc 24,25 in reversed curvature systems Pc > 1. Pc

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= V / (A∙l), where V is surfactant tail volume (Å3), A is the apparent surfactant headgroup area

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(Å2) and l is the surfactant tail length (Å).

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The hydrotropes and the co-surfactant investigated are known to associate in mixed micelles

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with the class of surfactants used here, thereby increasing the effective surfactant headgroup

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area, and hence decreasing Pc towards 1 for reversed curvature systems21. The result of these

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changes is to destabilize spherical reversed micelles in favour of ellipsoidal, rod-like or

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lamellar structures, which have a greater degree of planarity. Following the packing parameter

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argument, it can also be proposed changing from a short single-chained additive, with a low

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chain volume (such as C2benz, Figure 1) to an analogue with greater chain volume (e.g.

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. The different approaches just mentioned

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C8benz, Figure 1), Pc should also decrease21,23 towards 1 favouring ellipsoidal/rod-

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like/lamellar domains over highly curved reversed spherical micelles. Furthermore, it is

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interesting to see how a double chain additive, such as DIGSS (Figure 1), which is recognized

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as being CO2-philic 23 will affect preferred curvature compared to the single chain hydrotrope

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additives.

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Unfortunately, although there has been some success in the past, all of the previously reported

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results come with limitations; either high levels of fluorine in the surfactants23,26 (up to 60

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wt.%), low solubility of water (w5 only, where w = [water] / [surfactant] 27) or high cost and

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unacceptable environmental effects (use of Nickel and Cobalt counterions)20. It has been shown

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that certain weakly CO2-philic non-fluorinated surfactants and hydrotropes can be combined

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to generate ellipsoidal micelles in CO2 20, however only modest aspect ratios (1.00 < Jmic
100 bar) viscosity measurements are

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experimentally challenging: hence it is of interest to find a way to circumvent these by

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estimating global effects of anisotropic self-assembly on bulk viscosity.

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In previous studies, a set of fluorinated CO2-philic surfactants with transition metal counterions

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were synthesised

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micelles in w/c systems. Based on SANS and high-pressure falling cylinder viscometry results,

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a relationship was proposed between micellar aspect ratio (e.g. Jmic, Ra/Rb for ellipsoids) and

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the resulting viscosity enhancement (Equation 239, Equation 36,40).

. These surfactants self-assembled to form elongated rod-like reversed

[𝜂] ≅ 2.5 + 0.4075(𝐽𝑚𝑖𝑐 − 1)1.508

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Equation 2

𝜂𝑚𝑖𝑐 ≅ 𝜂𝑟𝑒𝑙 ≅ 1 + [𝜂]𝑝 + 𝐾𝐻 [𝜂]2 𝑝 2 𝜂𝐶𝑂2

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Equation 3

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In the above expressions [η] is the intrinsic viscosity, Jmic is the micellar aspect ratio as

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determined by SANS, ηrel is relative viscosity (the ratio of the micellar solution viscosity, ηmic

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to the viscosity of neat scCO2, ηCO2),  the micellar/microemulsion droplet volume fraction

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and KH the Huggins coefficient for rods (taken as 0.4075 in these cases)41. Using these

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equations along with the micellar aspect ratios gleaned from HP-SANS measurements, the

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predicted changes in intrinsic viscosity for these systems have been estimated, and are

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previous literature results, the predicted intrinsic viscosity values ([η]) are compared, thus

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removing concentration or volume fraction effects. Plots showing the impacts of micellar

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aspect ratio on predicted relative viscosity (ηrel), at different fluorination levels can be found in

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the Supporting Information, for a range of systems with a volume fraction 0.016 <  < 0.063.

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Although this approach sidesteps the need for challenging high-pressure viscosity

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measurements, it must be recognised that the viscosity enhancements presented should be

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considered as estimates for. More information can be found in the Supporting Information.

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33.6 4.65 5.37 1.19 29.3 5.81 6.85 1.28 32.4 2.12 2.99 1.12 15.5 1.00 9.6 5.49 6.42 1.36 8.5 5.01 5.81 1.37

25.5 5.47 6.40 1.26 25.8 5.47 6.39 1.26 29.4 1.33 2.58 1.13 13.5 1.00 8.8 4.82 5.57 1.34 7.9 5.02 5.82 1.40

23.0 6.79 8.25 1.39 26.9 1.41 2.61 1.15 12.0 1.13 2.52 1.10 8.1 4.92 5.70 1.38 7.3 4.46 5.15 1.38

7.6 5.58 6.54 1.48 6.9 4.61 5.32 1.42

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Table 2 –Intrinsic Viscosity ([η]) values and Relative Viscosity, ηrel, values calculated from Equation 2 and Equation 3. For

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hydrotrope containing systems of these compositions; [surfactant] = 0.05 mol dm-3, C8benz and C2benz mole fraction = 0.1,

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P = 350 bar, T = 45oC. For co-surfactant containing systems; [surfactant] = 0.05 mol dm-3, [DIGSS] = 0.05m mol dm-3, which

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can be used to calculate φ, 3P = 120 bar, T = 45oC.

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From the results shown in Table 2, it is evident that even the system with the lowest degree of

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elongation reported here (DCF2+C8benz) has the potential to increase the intrinsic viscosity

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of scCO2 over and above the value of [η] = 2.5 for spherical micelles. Systems with a higher

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degree of micellar elongation give rise to predicted relative viscosity increases of between 10%

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and 50%. These analyses are presented in graphical form in Figure 6 and Figure 7, alongside

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predicted intrinsic viscosities of every system reported so far known to generate elongated

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micelles in scCO26,8,20,22,23,28. The estimates presented in this paper are first compared to other

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counterions), Figure 6. Following this, the new results are compared to all previously reported,

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CO2-philic surfactants forming elongated reversed micelles, Figure 7 scCO2, including

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Figure 6- Micellar fluorination levels and micellar aspect ratio vs. predicted intrinsic viscosity of all Na+ CO2-philic

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surfactants reported to generate elongated micelles in scCO2. Systems introduced in this manuscript are shown as orange

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filled squares, those in previous research shown as blue circles6,22,23,28.

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From Figure 6 it is apparent that there are only few known systems forming anisotropic

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micelles in scCO2 with truly fluorine free surfactants / hydrotropes. James et al. reported a

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marginal increase in predicted relative viscosity, (8%-12%)22, however this system was only

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stable up to w5. All other surfactants that induce the formation of elongated micelles have

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fluorine levels of at least 25 wt. % (Figure 6, circles). The new systems reported here (Figure

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6, filled squares) have lower overall fluorination, between 6 wt. % and 29 wt. %. As previously

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discussed, surfactants containing low (or no) fluorine are more environmentally friendly, have

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a lower toxicity and are less expensive than heavily fluorinated counterparts11,42. Predicted

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standard Na+ containing surfactants reported (4% - 14%)8,20,22,23,28. It is apparent from Figure

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6 that neither aspect ratio, nor fluorination level, show a particularly strong correlation with

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predicted intrinsic viscosity for this family of Na+ sulfosuccinate surfactants, however, Figure

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micelles in w/c microemulsions6,8,20,22,23,28. Systems introduced in this paper are shown as orange filled squares.

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Figure 7 shows the upper limits of viscosity enhancements which have been achieved to

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date..6,8,20,22,23,28 This is the first time that the predicted intrinsic viscosities of all reported

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viscosifying surfactants have been estimated and compared. It is apparent that the most

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effective surfactants are those containing divalent transition metal counterions (Ni2+, filled

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green diamonds and Co2+, filled pink hexagons). These Ni2+ and Co2+ surfactants produce

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highly elongated rod-like micelles, and therefore give potential rise to viscosity effects orders

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of magnitude higher than other surfactants, as has also been observed in equivalent water-in-

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wt. %), and this combined with the presence of a transition metal counterion means they are

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environmentally unfriendly, toxic and costly.

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Conclusions

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Elongated reversed micelles have been formed in supercritical CO2 through mixing partially

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fluorinated CO2-philic surfactants with additives (hydrotropes and co-surfactants). The

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micelles reported here have lower fluorination levels (6 wt. % - 29 wt. %) than any equivalent

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systems in the literature, which are a minimum of 25 wt. % F7,23. This reduction in F level of

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the surfactant additives is a notable advance in the field, reducing cost, toxicity and

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environmental impacts11,42. Here, the hydrotropes combined with CO2-philic surfactants

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include C2benz (sodium p-ethyl benzoate) and C8benz (sodium p-octylbenzoate). Previous

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literature on both w/o and w/c microemulsions shows the combination of these hydrotropes

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and sulfosuccinate CO2-philc surfactants generates anisotropic micelles, but that hydrotrope

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tail length seems to have minimal impact on micellar anisotropy21. However, the degree of

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elongation observed in the w/c microemulsions is not as pronounced as in analogous w/o

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systems22. Using another approach, the non-fluorinated CO2-philic co-surfactant, ‘DIGSS’, has

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been successfully combined with a low-F CO2-philic hybrid surfactant CF2:SIS123. This novel

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combination of partially fluorinated hybrid surfactant and non-fluorinated co-surfactant leads

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to the formation of ellipsoidal micelles at relatively low CO2 pressure (density). Increasing

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pressure to 350 bar, Bragg peaks are apparent in the SANS profiles, which may arise because

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of the formation of lamellar aggregates. Hence, for these mixtures of CF2:SIS1 and DIGSS an

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interesting pressure (density)-induced transition is observed by SANS, from ellipsoidal

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micelles at low pressure to lamellar phase dispersions at high temperature, suggesting a new

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alternative triggerable approach to viscosity modification of CO2.

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In a new attempt to rationalise the important surfactant structural and composition parameters,

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predicted intrinsic viscosities have been calculated for the anisotropic micellar systems

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introduced here, and compared to other structurally related CO2-philic surfactants from the

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literature7,23. The new systems show some of the greatest predicted effects on intrinsic and

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relative viscosity ever observed for micelles in CO2. This being said, it is obvious from Figure

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7 that CO2-philic surfactants with divalent transition metal counterions still give rise to the

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largest viscosity effects20.

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The results and analyses reported here should help to guide the design of new surfactants with

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only minimal fluorine levels, thereby reducing environmental impacts and costs supercritical

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CO2 viscosifiers. The ultimate aspiration is to obtain surfactants and colloidal systems for

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applications in CO2 that are totally fluorine-free.

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Associated Content

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Supporting Information

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Additional details of SANS theory, model fitting and relative viscosity calculations and

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additional HP-SANS data not presented in this manuscript can be found in the Supporting

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Information.

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Author Information

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Corresponding Author

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*E-mail [email protected]. Fax +44-117-928-9180

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Acknowledgements

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J.A.P thanks the UK Science and Technology Funding Council (STFC) for a PhD scholarship

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