Deuterium isotope effects on the interaction between hyperbranched polyethylene imine and an anionic surfactantShow others and affiliations
2005 (English)In: Journal of Physical Chemistry B, ISSN 1520-6106, E-ISSN 1520-5207, Vol. 109, no 33, p. 16196-16202Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Solvent isotope effects on the interaction between the hyperbranched cationic polyelectrolyte, polyethylene imine (PEI), and the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) were investigated using potentiometric titration and eletrophoretic mobility measurements. In the basic pH range, a significantly higher fraction of the amine groups was found to be protonated when the PEI was dissolved in D2O compared to H2O at the same pH/pD. The difference in polymer charge in the two solvents decreases gradually with decreasing pH, and it completely diminishes at around pH = 4. Electrophoretic mobility measurements of PEI/SDS complexes at different pH values correlated very well with these observations. At pH/pD approximate to 9 a much higher mobility of the PEI/SDS complexes was found in D2O than in H2O at low surfactant concentrations, and the charge neutralization point shifted to a considerably larger surfactant concentration in heavy water. These results can be explained by the significantly higher charge density of the PEI in D2O compared to H2O. However, at the natural pH/pD as well as at pH = 4 and pD = 4 conditions the PEI molecules have roughly equal charge densities, which result in very similar charged characteristics (mobilities) of the PEI/SDS complexes as well as the same charge neutralization SDS concentration. It can be concluded that extreme care must be taken in the general analysis of those experiments in which weak polyelectrolyte/surfactant aggregates are investigated in heavy water, and then these observations are correlated with structures of the same system in water.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2005. Vol. 109, no 33, p. 16196-16202
Keyword [en]
Complexation, Deuterium, Electrophoresis, Heavy water, Negative ions, Organic polymers, pH effects, Polyelectrolytes, Sodium compounds, Solvents, Surface active agents, Titration, Anionic surfactants, Polyethylene imines (PEI), Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), Solvent isotope effects, Molecular dynamics
National Category
Physical Chemistry
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-6675DOI: 10.1021/jp052222vISI: 000231426000074Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-24944481597OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-6675DiVA, id: diva2:11451
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QC 20100901
2005-09-222005-09-222017-12-14Bibliographically approved
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