Effects of Ionic Strength and Ion Specificity on the Interface Behavior of Poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)-Poly(lauryl methacrylate). 2021

Hongxu Chen, and Gangyao Wen, and Varvara Chrysostomou, and Stergios Pispas, and Hongfei Li, and Zhaoyan Sun
School of Material Science and Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, China.

The ion specificity effect on the water solubility of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-containing copolymers complies with the Hofmeister series, which is applicable to other copolymers or not need to be explored. In this work, effects of ionic strength under acidic conditions and ion specificity under alkaline conditions on the air/water interface behavior of two amphiphilic diblock copolymers poly(dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate)-poly(lauryl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA-PLMA) were systematically studied. Under acidic conditions, the surface pressure-area isotherms of a predominantly hydrophilic copolymer are insensitive to ionic strength. In contrast, the isotherms of a predominantly hydrophobic copolymer successively shift to the large, small, and large molecular area with the increase of ionic strength. Under alkaline conditions, the interfacial stretch degrees of PDMAEMA chains of two copolymers change with salt species and concentrations, which do not comply with the Hofmeister series. All of the Langmuir-Blodgett films of the former copolymer exhibit separate circular micelles. Nevertheless, those of the latter copolymer obtained under alkaline conditions exhibit various distinctive morphologies such as separate circular micelles, large separate PLMA cores within large PDMAEMA domains, and large PLMA domains/aggregates surrounded by short PDMAEMA shells. It can be attributed to the high deformability of PLMA chains, the ion specificity effect on the stretch degree of PDMAEMA blocks, and their underwater solubility upon compression.

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