Effect of Hydrocarbon Parts of the Polar Headgroup on Surfactant Aggregates in Gemini and Bola Surfactant Solutions

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Abstract

Cationic gemini surfactant homologues alkanediyl-alpha,omega-bis(dodecyldiethylammonium) bromide, [C12H25(CH3CH2)2N(CH2)SN(CH2CH3)2C12H25]Br2, where S = 4, 6, 8, 10, or 12, referred to as C12CSC12(Et), and cationic bolaamphiphiles BPHEAB (biphenyl-4,4'-bis(oxyhexamethylenetriethylammonium) bromide), PHEAB (phenyl-4,4'- bis(oxyhexamethylenetriethylammonium) bromide) were synthesized, and their aggregation behaviors in aqueous solution were studied and compared by means of dynamic light scattering, fluorescence entrapment, and transmission electron microscopy. Spherical vesicles were found in the aqueous solutions of these gemini and bola surfactants, which can be attributed to the increase of the hydrocarbon parts of the polar headgroup of the surfactants. In combination with the result of the other gemini with headgroup of propyl group, the increase of the hydrophobic parts of the surfactant polar headgroup will be beneficial to enhance the aggregation capability of the gemini and bola surfactants. Both of the vesicles formed in the gemini and bola systems showed good stabilities with time and temperature, but different stability with salt due to the different membrane conformations of surfactant molecules in the vesicles.

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