Poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) and 1-Octyl-2-pyrrolidinone Modified Ionic Microemulsions

• Published in: Journal of colloid and interface science Vol. 240; no. 2; pp. 581 - 589
• Main Authors: Beitz, T., Kötz, J., Wolf, G., Kleinpeter, E., Friberg, S.E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 15.08.2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinone; Chemistry; Colloidal state and disperse state; Emulsions. Microemulsions. Foams; Exact sciences and technology; General and physical chemistry; ionic microemulsion; percolation boundary; poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone); sodium dodecyl sulfate; sodium dodecyl sulfate; 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinone; percolation boundary; ionic microemulsion; poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone); Water; Viscosity; Ternary system; Hydrocarbon; Phase diagram; Non ionic surfactant; Toluene; Alcohol; Lauryl sulfate; Sodium Compounds; Anionic surfactant; Water oil microemulsion; Pyrrolidone(vinyl) polymer; Alkanol; Benzenic compound; Percolation; Microemulsion; Rheological properties
• ISSN: 0021-9797; 1095-7103
• DOI: 10.1006/jcis.2001.7635

The influence of the nonionic polymer poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone) (PVP) in comparison to the surfactant 1-octyl-2-pyrrolidinone (OP) on the phase behavior of the system SDS/pentanol/xylene/water was studied. In both modified systems a strong increase in the water solubilization capacity was found, accompanied by a change in the spontaneous curvature toward zero. In the polymer-modified system an isotropic phase channel is formed with increasing polymer content that connects the L1 and the L2 phase. The lamellar liquid crystalline phase is destabilized in both cases. In the L1 phase the adsorption of PVP at the surface of the microemulsion droplets and the formation of a cluster-like structure is proven by several methods like 13C NMR T1 relaxation time measurments, zeta potential measurements, and rheology. In the L2 phase a modification of the interface of the inverse droplets is detected by a shift in the percolation boundary (conductivity) and 13C NMR T1 relaxation measurements. The formation of a cluster-like structure can be assumed on the basis of our rheological measurements.