Bending of the Flexible Spacer Chain of Gemini Surfactant Induced by Hydrophobic Interaction
In order to understand the special role of the flexible alkylene spacer of gemini surfactant in the self-assembly,three gemini surfactants,alkylene-α,ω-bis(didodecylmethylammonium bromide)that is designated as 2C12-s-2C12·2Br (s=3,6,8),were synthesized.When the spread films of 2C12-s-2C12·2Br on the surface of water were con-structed,they form the dense layer of the alkyl tails owing to four dodecyl chains per molecule.This induced the bending of the spacer chain toward the air-side at the s smaller than that of C12-s-C12·2Br adsorbed on the air/water interface owing to the enhanced hydrophobic interaction between the alkyl tails and the spacer chain, where C12-s-C12·2Br has only two alkyl tails per molecule. Conclusively.,the enhanced hydrophobic interaction between the alkyl tails and the spacer chain can effectively induce the bending of the latter toward the air-side.
作 者： YOU,Yi JIANG,Rong LING,Tingting ZHAO,Jianxi 作者单位： Department of Applied Chemistry,.College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,Fuzhou University.,Fuzhou,Fujian 350002,China 刊 名： 中国化学（英文版） SCI 英文刊名： CHINESE JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY 年，卷(期)： 2009 27(3) 分类号： O6 关键词： 2C12-s-2C12 2Br,π-A isothelm.bending configuration of spacer