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Effect of organic and inorganic ions on the lower critical solution transition and aggregation of PNIPAM
dc.contributor.author | Pérez Fuentes, Leonor | |
dc.contributor.author | Bastos González, Delfina María | |
dc.contributor.author | Faraudo Gener, Jordi | |
dc.contributor.author | Drummond, Carlos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-11T18:40:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-11T18:40:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Leonor Pérez-Fuentes et al. Soft Matter 2018, 14, 7818 DOI: 10.1039/c8sm01679h | es_ES |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10481/86727 | |
dc.description.abstract | We have studied the effect of different ions belonging to the extended Hofmeister series on the thermo- sensitive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), by combining Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS). The variations in the lower critical solution temperature (TLCS) and enthalpy change during PNIPAM phase separation evidence the importance of considering both hydration and hydrophobicity to explain the interaction of ions with interfaces. The results obtained in the presence of inorganic ions can be explained by the tendency of water molecules to preferentially hydrate the PNIPAM chains or the ions, depending on the kosmotropic (highly hydrated) or chaotropic (poorly hydrated) character of the ions. On the contrary, tetraphenyl organic ions (Ph4B and Ph4As+) interact with the hydrophobic moieties of PNIPAM chains, inducing a significant reduction of the TLCS. DLS results show that the aggregation state of PNIPAM above the TLCS is also strongly influenced by the presence of ions. While macroscopic phase separation (formation of a polymer-rich phase insoluble in water) was apparent in the presence of inorganic ions, we observed the formation of submicron PNIPAM aggregates at temperatures above the TLCS in the presence of the hydrophobic ions. Kinetically arrested monodisperse PNIPAM nanoparticles were formed in the presence of the Ph4B anion, while a rather polydisperse distribution of particle sizes was observed in the presence of Ph4As+. These results show that ionic specificity influences both the static (thermodynamic) and dynamic (kinetically controlled aggregation) states of PNIPAM in an aqueous environment. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | The authors thank the financial support granted by the project CTS-6270 (Junta de Andalucía, Spain) and the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Plan Nacional de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica (I + D + i) (Project FIS2016- 80087-C2-1-P). J. F. acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, through the’’Severo Ochoa’’ Programme for Centres of Excellence in R & D (SEV-2015-0496) awarded to ICMAB. L. P.-F. thanks the financial support provided by the COST Action MP1303: Under- standing and Controlling Nano and Mesoscale Friction. | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) | es_ES |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | * |
dc.title | Effect of organic and inorganic ions on the lower critical solution transition and aggregation of PNIPAM | es_ES |
dc.type | journal article | es_ES |
dc.rights.accessRights | open access | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1039/c8sm01679h |