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From Molecules to Materials: Engineering New Ionic Liquid Crystals Through Halogen Bonding
Published on: March 24, 2018
Novel gel phase formed by mixing a cationic surfactive ionic liquid C(16)mimCl and an anionic surfactant SDS in
Yurong Zhao1, Xiao Chen, Bo Jing
1Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Jinan, 250100, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The phase behavior of a catanionic system composed by a cationic surfactive ionic liquid (IL), 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C(16)mim]Cl), an anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and water has been investigated. A novel gel phase with quite high water content can be fabricated showing similar rheological properties to vesicles usually formed in traditional catanionic systems. The lamellar structure could also be constructed in SDS-rich region. Both the hydrophobic interaction of alkyl chains and interactions between oppositely charged head groups play important roles for the gel formation. Such a facile method to form gels directly from the catanionic system at relative low surfactant concentrations is novel, which should be related to the specific molecular structure of imidazolium ILs. The obtained results are expected to be helpful for better understanding of catanionic systems.
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