Shear-induced nanostructural changes in micelles formed by sugar-based surfactants with varied anomeric configuration

JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE

卷:606

Article

Larsson, Johan^1,7,8  Williams, Ashley P.²  Wahlgren, Marie^3,4  Porcar, Lionel⁵  Ulvenlund, Stefan^3,4  Nylander, Tommy^1,6  Tabor, Rico F.²  Sanchez-Fernandez, Adrian³ 

[1] Lund Univ, Dept Chem, Phys Chem, Box 124, S-22100 Lund, Sweden

[2] Monash Univ, Sch Chem, Clayton, Vic 3800, Australia

[3] Lund Univ, Food Technol Nutr & Engn, Box 124, S-22100 Lund, Sweden

[4] Enza Biotech AB, Scheelevagen 22, S-22363 Lund, Sweden

[5] Inst Laue Langevin, DS LSS, 71 Ave Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France

[6] Lund Univ, NanoLund, Lund, Sweden

[7] Malmo Univ, Fac Hlth & Soc, Biofilms Res Ctr Biointerfaces, Per Albin Hanssons Vag 35, S-21432 Malmo, Sweden

[8] Malmo Univ, Fac Hlth & Soc, Dept Biomed Sci, Per Albin Hanssons Vag 35, S-21432 Malmo, Sweden

关键词: Sugar-based surfactants;    Sustainable surfactants;    Worm-like micelles;    Shear-thinning;    Small-angle neutron scattering;    Rheology;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jcis.2021.08.007

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Hypothesis: The self-assembly of long tail sugar-based surfactants into worm-like micelles has recently been demonstrated, and the rheological properties of such systems have been shown to be tuneable through subtle modifications of the molecular characteristics of the surfactant monomer. In particular, the anomeric configuration of the hexadecylmaltoside headgroup was shown to induce profound changes in the nanostructure and rheology of the system. The origin of such changes is hypothesised to arise from differences in the structure and relaxation of the micellar networks in the semi-dilute regime. Experiments: Here we explore the molecular background to the flow properties of the two anomers of hexadecylmaltoside (alpha- and beta-C(16)G(2)) by directly connecting their rheological behaviour to the micelle morphology. For this purpose, 1-3 plane rheo-small-angle neutron scattering measurements, using a Couette cell geometry, probed the structural changes in the micellar phase under shear. The effect of surfactant anomeric configuration, surfactant concentration, temperature and mixing ratio of the two anomers were investigated. The static micelle structure in the semi-dilute regime was determined using the polymer reference interaction site model. Findings: The segmental alignment of the micellar phase was studied under several flow conditions, showing that the shear-thinning behaviour relates to the re-arrangement of beta-C(16)G(2) worm-like micelles, whilst shorter alpha-C(16)G(2) micelles are considerably less affected by the flow. The results are rationalised in terms of micelle alignment and disruption of the entangled network, providing a detailed mechanism by which sugar-based surfactants control the rheology of the fluid. To further enable future studies, we provide the complete code for modelling micelle structure in the semi-dilute regime using the polymer reference interaction site model. (C) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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