Journal
FRICTION
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 1353-1364Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40544-021-0541-1
Keywords
friction; lubricating film; sum frequency generation (SFG); orientation angle; conformation order
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51675297, 51527901]
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This study investigates the molecular arrangement and orientation of SDBS at the solid/liquid interface using SFG-VS. The results show that the arrangement of SDBS becomes more ordered with increasing concentration, while the orientation angle decreases. Friction has an effect on the conformation order and orientation angle.
Surfactants tend to adsorb on the surface/interface mostly in a directional manner. The alkyl chain orientation and conformation order for molecular monolayers of sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate (SDBS) at low concentrations are studied by using the sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS). The molecular arrangement of the surfactants adsorbed at the solid/liquid interface is further investigated. It is found that the arrangement of the SDBS at the interface becomes relatively ordered with increasing bulk concentration. Meanwhile, the orientation angle reduces gradually, and the molecules tend to be upright state. In addition, the effect of friction on the conformation order and orientation angle are also analyzed. The intensity of the SDBS vibrational contraction peak becomes lower after friction, which indicates that the anion has a reorientation process at the interface. The arrangement of molecules becomes more disordered due to friction. The orientation angle increases slightly, which indicates the monolayer has an inclined trend relative to the lateral direction on the interface. A modified adsorption model considering friction effect is proposed. This work may provide a reference for the further study of adsorption mechanism and application of surfactants.
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