Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution
Abstract
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.
- Authors:
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[1];
[2]
- 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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Beijing Natural Science Foundation
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1634081
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; 51903011; 2194083
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 12; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; polyelectrolyte surfactant; structured liquids; jamming; 3D printing; transmission
Citation Formats
Xu, Ruiyan, Liu, Tan, Sun, Huilou, Wang, Beibei, Shi, Shaowei, and Russell, Thomas P. Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.0c00577.
Xu, Ruiyan, Liu, Tan, Sun, Huilou, Wang, Beibei, Shi, Shaowei, & Russell, Thomas P. Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c00577
Xu, Ruiyan, Liu, Tan, Sun, Huilou, Wang, Beibei, Shi, Shaowei, and Russell, Thomas P. Mon .
"Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c00577. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1634081.
@article{osti_1634081,
title = {Interfacial Assembly and Jamming of Polyelectrolyte Surfactants: A Simple Route To Print Liquids in Low-Viscosity Solution},
author = {Xu, Ruiyan and Liu, Tan and Sun, Huilou and Wang, Beibei and Shi, Shaowei and Russell, Thomas P.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.0c00577},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 15,
volume = 12,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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