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Optimum formulation conditions for cationic surfactants via rheo-titration in turbulent regime
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6783-6564
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; Center for colloid and surface science (CSGI), Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
Division of Physical Chemistry, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden.
Department of Chemistry, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; Center for colloid and surface science (CSGI), Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy.
2022 (English)In: Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, ISSN 0927-7757, E-ISSN 1873-4359, Vol. 648, article id 129154Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Recently a new, time saving, approach to the determination of the composition at which a microemulsion is balanced has been developed using the so called HLD-titration. The key of the method is the observation that in correspondence of the balanced state where the microemulsion coexist with excess oil and water (Winsor III phase equilibrium), the level reached by the three-phasic system under stirring has a consistent maximum allowing a fast and low-cost readout of the balanced state that permits the evaluation of the surfactants characteristic parameters (SCPs). To better understand how the formation of a balanced microemulsion is related to rheology, here a titration experimental approach was adopted under turbulent flow meanwhile fluid friction. A mixture of equal volumes of brine and oil and didodecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) is titrated with dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (LTAB), in the Couette cell of a rheometer under continuous rotation, promoting the transition from a Winsor II (w/o microemulsion coexisting with brine) to a Winsor III phase equilibrium. The turbulent apparent viscosity was measured after each addition of the LTAB. We demonstrate that the turbulent apparent viscosity attains a minimum at the Winsor III phase equilibrium. Furthermore, we have investigated the microstructural evolution of the microemulsions found at the different DDAB/LTAB ratios that reproduces the HLD-titration by means of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and diffusion nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and rheo- small-angle light scattering (rheo-SALS). The anisotropy index, measured by rheo-SALS, increases upon increasing the shear rate suggesting the ability of oil and water domains, in the balanced state, to elongate along the streamlines.

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Elsevier, 2022. Vol. 648, article id 129154
Keywords [en]
HLD, Formulation, Turbulent apparent viscosity, Winsor III, Microemulsions, Cationic surfactants, Rheology, SAXS
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Physical Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-59006DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129154OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-59006DiVA, id: diva2:1747646
Available from: 2023-03-30 Created: 2023-03-30 Last updated: 2023-07-04Bibliographically approved

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