Hybrasurfs-A New Class of Hyperbranched Surfactants

Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids
N S Shree Varaprasad, S Ramakrishnan

Abstract

A hyperbranched (HB) polyester carrying peripheral allyl groups was prepared by melt-condensation of a suitably designed AB2 monomer bearing two allyl ester groups and one hydroxyl group. The periphery of the hyperbranched polymer was co-clicked with two different organic thiols, namely, hexadecane thiol and 3-mercaptopropionic acid, using the thiol-ene reaction. Three different samples with varying mole fractions of the hydrophilic carboxylic acid groups were prepared; the conformational adaptability of the hyperbranched polymer backbone permitted these amphiphilic systems to form Janus structures that exhibit surfactant-like properties and, therefore, we have termed them hybrasurfs. These polymers behave like clusters of surfactants that have been stitched at the waist by the HB polymer backbone; the Langmuir isotherms revealed the formation of a monolayer, and in two of the samples having higher mole fractions of hexadecyl segments a weak inflection in the isotherm is seen. This suggests a densification, typically implying the crystallization of the alkyl segment at the air-water interface. The monolayers were transferred onto a substrate, and their heights were estimated using atomic force microscopy; the values thus obtain...Continue Reading

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