Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution

Xu, Ruiyan; Liu, Tan; Sun, Huilou; Wang, Beibei; Shi, Shaowei; Russell, Thomas P.

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c00577

Title: Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution

Journal Article · Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c00577· OSTI ID:1634081

Xu, Ruiyan ^[1]; Liu, Tan ^[1]; Sun, Huilou ^[1]; Wang, Beibei ^[1];

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Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology (China)
Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA (United States); Beijing Univ. of Chemical Technology (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Nanoparticle surfactants (NPSs) assembled at the oil-water interface can significantly lower the interfacial tension and be used to structure liquids. However, to realize the three-dimensional printing of one liquid in another, high-viscosity liquids, for example, silicone oil, have been generally used. In this work, we present a simple, low-cost approach to print water in low-viscosity toluene by using a new type of polyelectrolyte surfactant, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose surfactant (CMCS), that forms and assembles at the oil-water interface. The interfacial activity of CMCSs can be enhanced by tuning parameters, such as pH and concentration, and the incorporation of a rigid ligand affords excellent mechanical strength to the resultant assemblies. With CMCS jammed at the interface, liquids can be easily printed or molded to the desired shapes, with biocompatible walls that can be used to encapsulate and adsorb active materials. This study opens a new pathway to generate complex, all-liquid devices with a myriad of potential applications in biology, catalysis, and chemical separation.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Beijing Natural Science Foundation

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; 51903011; 2194083

OSTI ID:: 1634081

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 12, Issue 15; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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