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JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 536, Issue -, Pages 381-388Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.10.040
Keywords
Pseudogemini surfactants; Long chain fatty acids; Polyetheramine; CO2 responsive foam
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- Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [2133300]
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Hypothesis: To obtain surfactants with superior surface activity and responsive behavior, pseudogemini surfactants (short for D-LCFA) are synthesized by mixing long chain fatty acids (LCFA) and polyetheramine D 230 at fixed molar ratio (2:1). Non-covalently bonded building blocks indicate that CO2-responsive aqueous foams can be obtained by utilizing such pseudogemini surfactants. Experiments: H-1 NMR and FT-IR characterizations prove that the building blocks of these surfactants are associated by electrostatic interaction. The synthesis (Bronsted acid-base reaction) is simple and eco-friendly. Pseudogemini structure enables D-LCFA to reduce surface tension of aqueous solution effectively, thus facilitating foam generation. Rheograms, FF-TEM and Cryo-TEM results prove that different aggregates in D-LCFA aqueous solutions lead to different foam properties. Findings: Bubbling of CO2 for about 30 s leads to the rupture of aqueous foams generated by D-LCFA, while removing CO2 by bubbling of N-2 at 65 degrees C for 10 min enables re-generation of foams. The CO2-responsive foaming properties can be attributed to dissociation of D-LCFA upon bubbling of CO2 and re-association upon removal of CO2. The effective CO2-responsive foams can be applied to many areas, such as foam fracturing, foam enhanced oil recovery or recovering of radioactive materials. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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