Water-Soluble Copolymers .50. Effect of Surfactant Addition on the Solution Properties of Amphiphilic Copolymers of Acrylamide and Dimethyldodecyl(2-Acrylamidoethyl)Ammonium Bromide
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-11-1994
Department
Polymers and High Performance Materials
Abstract
The interactions of Surfactants sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), trimethyltetradecylammonium bromide (TTAB), and Triton X-100 with amphiphilic copolymers of acrylamide and dimethyldodecyl(2- acrylamidoethy1)ammonium bromide (DAMAB) have been investigated in aqueous solutions. The rheological properties of a copolymer/surfactant system are affected by both the microstructure of the copolymer and the nature of the surfactant. Addition of the nonionic surfactant, Triton X-100, resulted in a large increase in the reduced viscosity for the microblocky copolymers with 5 mol 76 DAW, while a random copolymer with the same composition exhibited a collapsed conformation in the presence of the cationic surfactant, TTAB. A strong viscosity enhancement was observed when SDS was added to the solution of a copolymer containing 0.32 mol 96 DAMAB. Evidence of mixed micelles formed by surfactant molecules and the hydrophobic groups of the copolymers was obtained utilizing surface tension, pyrene probe fluorescence, and viscometry
Publication Title
Macromolecules
Volume
27
Issue
8
First Page
2145
Last Page
2150
Recommended Citation
Chang, Y.,
Lochhead, R. Y.,
McCormick, C. L.
(1994). Water-Soluble Copolymers .50. Effect of Surfactant Addition on the Solution Properties of Amphiphilic Copolymers of Acrylamide and Dimethyldodecyl(2-Acrylamidoethyl)Ammonium Bromide. Macromolecules, 27(8), 2145-2150.
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