Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 2844-2850Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la052949a
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Stable rodlike nanoparticles with highly controlled surface charge density have been developed by the free radical polymerization of the mixture of polymerizable cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium 4-vinylbenzoate (CTVB), and hydrotropic salt sodium 4-styrenesulfonate (NaSS) in aqueous solution. The surface charge of the polymerized CTVB/NaSS rodlike nanoparticles was controlled by varying the NaSS concentration during the polymerization process, and the charge variation was interpreted in terms of the overcharging effect in colloidal systems. The SANS measurements show that the diameter of the polymerized CTVB/NaSS rodlike nanoparticles is constant at 4 nm and the particle length ranges from 24 to 85 nm, depending on the NaSS concentration. The polymerized particles are longest when the NaSS concentration is 5 mol % which corresponds to the charge inversion or neutral point. The SANS and zeta potential measurements show that the Coulomb interactions between the particles are strongly dependent on the NaSS concentration and the zeta potential of the polymerized CTVB/NaSS nanoparticles changes from positive to negative (+ 12.8 similar to -44.2 mV) as the concentration of NaSS increases from 0 to 40 mol %. As the NaSS concentration is further increased, the zeta potential is saturated at approximately -50 mV.
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