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Title: Surfactant mediated polyelectrolyte self-assembly

Abstract

Self-assembly and dynamics of polyelectrolyte (PE) surfactant complex (PES) is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The complexation is systematically studied for five different PE backbone charge densities. At a fixed surfactant concentration the PES complexation exhibits pearl-necklace to agglomerated double spherical structures with a PE chain decorating the surfactant micelles. The counterions do not condense on the complex, but are released in the medium with a random distribution. The relaxation dynamics for three different length scales, polymer chain, segmental and monomer, show distinct features of the charge and neutral species; the counterions are fastest followed by the PE chain and surfactants. The surfactant heads and tails have the slowest relaxation due to their restricted movement inside the agglomerated structure. At the shortest length scale, all the charge and neutral species show similar relaxation dynamics confirming Rouse behavior at monomer length scales. Overall, the present study highlights the structure-property relationship for polymer-surfactant complexation. These results will help improve the understanding of PES complex and should aid in the design of better materials for future applications.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [1]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1286931
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Macromolecules
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 48; Journal Issue: 24; Journal ID: ISSN 0024-9297
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS

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Goswami, Monojoy, Borreguero Calvo, Jose M., Pincus, Phillip A., and Sumpter, Bobby G. Surfactant mediated polyelectrolyte self-assembly. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02145.
Goswami, Monojoy, Borreguero Calvo, Jose M., Pincus, Phillip A., & Sumpter, Bobby G. Surfactant mediated polyelectrolyte self-assembly. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02145
Goswami, Monojoy, Borreguero Calvo, Jose M., Pincus, Phillip A., and Sumpter, Bobby G. Wed . "Surfactant mediated polyelectrolyte self-assembly". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02145. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1286931.
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title = {Surfactant mediated polyelectrolyte self-assembly},
author = {Goswami, Monojoy and Borreguero Calvo, Jose M. and Pincus, Phillip A. and Sumpter, Bobby G.},
abstractNote = {Self-assembly and dynamics of polyelectrolyte (PE) surfactant complex (PES) is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations. The complexation is systematically studied for five different PE backbone charge densities. At a fixed surfactant concentration the PES complexation exhibits pearl-necklace to agglomerated double spherical structures with a PE chain decorating the surfactant micelles. The counterions do not condense on the complex, but are released in the medium with a random distribution. The relaxation dynamics for three different length scales, polymer chain, segmental and monomer, show distinct features of the charge and neutral species; the counterions are fastest followed by the PE chain and surfactants. The surfactant heads and tails have the slowest relaxation due to their restricted movement inside the agglomerated structure. At the shortest length scale, all the charge and neutral species show similar relaxation dynamics confirming Rouse behavior at monomer length scales. Overall, the present study highlights the structure-property relationship for polymer-surfactant complexation. These results will help improve the understanding of PES complex and should aid in the design of better materials for future applications.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.macromol.5b02145},
journal = {Macromolecules},
number = 24,
volume = 48,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Wed Nov 25 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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