Molecular Brush Surfactants: Versatile Emulsifiers for Stabilizing and Structuring Liquids

Wang, Beibei; Liu, Tan; Chen, Hao; Yin, Bangqi; Zhang, Zhao; Russell, Thomas P.; Shi, Shaowei

doi:10.1002/ange.202104653

Molecular Brush Surfactants: Versatile Emulsifiers for Stabilizing and Structuring Liquids

Journal Article · Thu Jul 29 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Angewandte Chemie

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/ange.202104653· OSTI ID:1909293

Wang, Beibei ^[1]; Liu, Tan ^[1]; Chen, Hao ^[1]; Yin, Bangqi ^[1]; Zhang, Zhao ^[1]; Russell, Thomas P. ^[2]; ^[1]

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and Engineering College of Materials Science and Engineering Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing 100029 China
Department of Polymer Science and Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst MA 01003 USA, Materials Sciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley CA 94720 USA

Abstract

Using amphiphilic molecular brushes to stabilize emulsions usually requires the synthesis of specific side chains, which can be a time‐consuming and difficult challenge to meet. By taking advantage of the electrostatic interactions between water‐soluble molecular brushes and oil‐soluble oligomeric ligands, the in situ formation, assembly and jamming of molecular brush surfactants (MBSs) at the oil‐water interface is described. With MBSs, stable emulsions including o/w, w/o and o/w/o can be easily prepared by varying the molar ratios of the molecular brushes to the ligands. Moreover, when jammed, the binding energy of MBSs at the interface is sufficiently strong to allow the stabilization of liquids in nonequilibrium shapes, i.e., structuring liquids, producing an elastic film at the interface with exceptional mechanical properties. These structured liquids have numerous potential applications, including chemical biphasic reactions, liquid electronics, and all‐liquid biomimetic system.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1909293

Journal Information:: Angewandte Chemie, Journal Name: Angewandte Chemie Journal Issue: 36 Vol. 133; ISSN 0044-8249

Publisher:: Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: Germany

Language:: English

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