盐浓度及磷脂分子结构对多组分带电膜弯曲刚性的影响

磷脂膜弯曲刚性模量很难直接测量, 本实验用循环冻融法制备尺寸大小与膜弯曲刚性相关的熵稳定单层囊泡. 粒度仪测量发现, 囊泡尺寸随盐浓度增加呈现先剧烈减小然后缓慢增加的分段变化规律. 但当组分中含有头部带电同时尾链带有不饱和键的二油酰磷脂酰甘油酯时, 囊泡尺寸却在较大的盐浓度范围内不出现回升. 囊泡膜的负Zeta-电势绝对值均表现为先急剧减小然后趋于平稳的变化规律, 数值大小只与带电组分的含量有关. 而对直接水合法制备的多层囊泡的统计发现, 囊泡尺寸随盐浓度增加急剧减小, 随后趋于稳定值, 均不随分子组合变化而回升. 结果表明在不同的盐浓度范围里, 主导磷脂膜弯曲刚性模量的因素不同. 低盐浓度的体系, 静电屏蔽效应为主导因素; 高盐浓度的体系, 膜双电层中反离子的分布起主导作用. 磷脂分子头部与尾部的不同结构组合会影响膜双电层, 使膜的弯曲刚性不同. 多层囊泡体系中, 高盐浓度下膜的热涨落掩盖了分子结构及双电层分布差异对膜弯曲刚性的影响.     

共轭亚油酸与海藻酸钠囊泡化自组装纳米容器及其药物缓释性能

脂肪酸囊泡(FAV)是一类重要的纳米容器,然而其形成pH范围较窄且偏碱性环境,限制了其应用。 本文将共轭亚油酸(CLA)与海藻酸钠(SA)在近中性环境下共同自组装囊泡化纳米容器并提高其膜稳定性。动态激光光散射(DLS)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)结果表明,当SA质量分数为25%~50%时复合体系可在近中性条件下自组装形成50~250 nm尺寸的囊泡化纳米容器,且pH=7.4时随着质量分数增加囊泡化纳米容器直径增大。 根据SA和CLA在中性环境的物种存在形式推测,二者通过氢键作用驱动形成囊泡化纳米容器。 体外模拟释放实验表明,囊泡化纳米容器具有较高包覆率和较优缓释效果,有望应用于药物传输领域。     

CTAB/SDBS囊泡的自发形成与聚合

讨论了CTAB/SDBS复配比例、体系浓度对其囊泡自发形成的影响和不同制备方法与放置时间对囊泡尺寸的影响,同时用TEM考察了囊泡的结构与形态。通过TEM发现囊泡之间有相互聚集融合变大的趋势,粒径分析也发现随放置时间延长囊泡尺寸增大。所以这里采用聚合法来改善囊泡的稳定性。经粒径分析证实经聚合法处理的囊泡其尺寸明显比未处理的稳定。     

Bola型阴离子表面活性剂与溴化十二烷基三乙铵混合体系的表面性质与聚集行为

研究了具有简单结构的bola型阴离子表面活性剂二十酸二钠（C_(20)Na_2)与 阳离子型普通表面活性剂溴化十二烷基三乙铵（C_(12)Et_3）混合体系的表面性质 ，发现混合体系的cmc和γ_(cmc)比C_(12)Et_3单一体系未有显著降低。以负染色 ，FF-TEM，动态光散射（DLS）及粘度方法研究了混合体系的聚集行为，发现混合 体系中同时形成球形囊泡和管状聚集体，提出了产生这种聚集行为的机制。     

两亲分子溶液聚集体结构的冷冻刻饰电子显微镜研究

利用冷冻刻饰电子显微镜(FF-TEM)技术研究了两亲分子溶液不同有序聚集体的结构, 特别对一些两亲分子溶液体系形成的泡囊结构进行了详细的研究, 探讨了聚集体结构的演变规律. 对无剪切力下化学反应诱导L3-相(海绵相)到层状Lα-相, 手振荡层状Lα-相到多双层泡囊相及高剪切力作用下多双层泡囊相到单双层泡囊相的结构演变进行了冷冻刻饰电子显微镜追踪研究. 首次报道了-诱导的单链长表面活性剂溶液中泡囊相的形成.     

两亲分子溶液聚集体结构的冷冻刻饰

利用冷冻刻饰电子显微镜(FF-TEM)技术研究了两亲分子溶液不同有序聚集体的结构, 特别对一些两亲分子溶液体系形成的泡囊结构进行了详细的研究, 探讨了聚集体结构的演变规律. 对无剪切力下化学反应诱导L₃-相(海绵相)到层状Lα-相, 手振荡层状Lα-相到多双层泡囊相及高剪切力作用下多双层泡囊相到单双层泡囊相的结构演变进行了冷冻刻饰电子显微镜追踪研究. 首次报道了Zn²⁺-诱导的单链长表面活性剂溶液中泡囊相的形成.     

聚硼酸酯表面活性剂囊泡自发形成

通过直接引发聚合, 以偶氮二异丁腈为引发剂, 用N-羟甲基丙烯酰胺、硼酸三乙酯和N,N-二羟乙基十二烷基胺制备了聚硼酸酯(PMBE)表面活性剂, 用红外光谱、核磁共振谱和凝胶色谱对其结构进行了表征; 用透射电镜(TEM)研究了PMBE在纯水和0.1 mol/L NaCl水溶液中的自组装形态. 结果表明, PMBE在水和0.1 mol/L NaCl溶液中皆可自发形成聚合囊泡; 在水溶液中PMBE囊泡粒径约为20 nm, 而NaCl溶液中囊泡直径增大, 在150~250 nm之间, 分布较为均匀; 结合两亲性分子排列参数理论和一定的近似处理方法对PMBE聚合囊泡的形成机理进行了初步探讨.     

丙烯酰胺在聚乙二醇水溶液中聚合初期的液滴形成与成长过程

用动态激光光散射(DLS)在线观测了丙烯酰胺(AM)在聚乙二醇(PEG)水溶液中聚合初期液滴的出现、生长及聚并过程,考察了PEG分子量和浓度对聚合初期液滴尺寸的影响;用透射电镜(TEM)对聚合初期液滴形态的演变进行了观察,发现与DLS结果能很好吻合.用分光光度计对聚合体系分相点进行确定,采用溴化法测定了聚合体系临界分相时的转化率.随PEG分子量或浓度的升高,临界分相转化率逐渐减小;随温度的升高,临界分相转化率先减小后增大,在50℃左右出现最小值.用凝胶渗透色谱(GPC)对聚合体系临界分相时聚丙烯酰胺(PAM)的分子量进行了研究,变化趋势与临界分相转化率的变化一致.在上述基础上,提出了AM在PEG水溶液中聚合初期的液滴形成、成长机理.     

基于多重氢键的寡聚芳酰胺自组装囊泡

六重氢键的异互补寡聚芳酰胺双股分子链在自组装过程中表现出极高的顺序专一性. 本文借助扫描电镜（SEM）、透射电镜（TEM）和动态光散射（DLS）等实验手段,研究了氢键编码顺序为DADDAD-DADDAD的寡聚芳酰胺分子1及异互补分子2（ADAADA-ADAADA）存在下的自组装行为. 实验结果表明,分子1在四氢呋喃/甲醇（体积比为85/15）和单一溶剂丙酮中都能组装成大小均匀的囊泡结构,并且囊泡的尺寸随着溶液浓度的增加而增大;当加入异互补分子2后,囊泡则转变成实心球. 利用荧光显微镜,发现该囊泡能很好地包裹荧光分子（罗丹明B）,通过进一步分子结构修饰有可能实现药物包埋和缓释方面的应用.     

可自去除模板法制备环境响应性PNIPAM空心微球

本文采用可自去除模板法制备了单分散的聚（N-异丙基丙烯酰胺） （PNIPAM）空心微球, 用透射电子显微镜（TEM）研究了不同工艺条件对微球尺寸和形貌的影响机制. 结果表明, 酸性单体甲基丙烯酸（MAA）的加入量决定了PNIPAM微球空腔的形成速度; 而MAA及表面活性剂十二烷基硫酸钠（SDS）的加入量对空心微球的粒径及空腔大小亦有明显影响. 具体地讲, 当MAA的浓度从1.06 mmol/L增加到4.24 mmol/L时, 空心微球的平均粒径从250 nm左右增加到约450 nm, 内部空腔尺寸从40 nm增加到270 nm; 而当SDS的浓度从0增加到0.62 mmol/L时, 空心微球的平均粒径及内部空腔尺寸分别从450和270 nm降低到320和130 nm. 紫外分光光度计和动态光散射的检测结果显示, 所得PNIPAM空心微球具有受pH控制的温度敏感性.     

正负离子表面活性剂混合体系中高稳定性囊泡的形成

对总浓度为0.01 mol/L，摩尔比为2：1的十二烷基硫酸钠/溴化十二烷基三乙 铵的正负离子表面活性剂混合体系形成的囊泡的稳定性进行了研究。发现这一体系 形成的囊泡在长放置（5个月）后依然存在。在加入较大量的无机盐（0.15 mol/L NaBr）、较大幅度pH变化（pH = 2～12）、温度变化（从80 ℃到-22 ℃）情况下 体系中的囊泡依然呈现出优异的稳定性。在非水溶剂乙醇（100%）中这类正负离子 表面活性剂仍然可以形成囊泡。     

Vesicles Formation Induced by Layered Double Hydroxides in Mixture of Lauryl Sulfonate Betaine and Sodium Dodecyl Benzenesulfonate

This paper reports that structurally positively charged layered double hydroxides (LDHs) nanoparticles induce the vesicle formation in a mixture of a zwitterionic surfactant, lauryl sulfonate betaine (LSB), and an anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate (SDBS). The existence of vesicles was demonstrated by negative‐staining (NS‐TEM) and freeze‐fracture (FF‐TEM) transmission electron microscopy and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The size of vesicles increased with the increase of volume ratio (Q) of Mg₃Al‐LDHs sol to the SDBS/LSB solution. A new composite of LDHs nanoparticles encapsulated in vesicles was formed. A possible mechanism of LDHs‐induced vesicle formation was suggested. The positive charged LDHs surface attracted negatively charged micelles or free amphiphilic molecules, which facilitated their aggregation into a bilayer membrane. The bilayer membranes could be closed to form vesicles that have LDHs particles encapsulated. It was also found that an adsorbed compound layer of LSB and SDBS micelles or molecules on the LDHs surface played a key role in the vesicle formation.     

Electrochemical Behavior of Cationic‐Anionic Surfactant Solutions by Cyclic Voltammetry

The electrochemical behavior of cationic tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (TTABr), anionic sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), cationic‐anionic (catanionic) mixed surfactant and self‐assembled solutions at Pt wire electrode has been studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV). On the basis of the cyclic voltammograms and determining the self‐assembled structures by using freeze‐fracture transmission electron microscopy (FF‐TEM), the mechanisms of the electrochemical reactions near the electrode for the two surfactant self‐assembled solutions, i.e., micelles and vesicles, are presented. When mixing TTABr and SDS, at the right mixing ratio of TTABr:SDS, vesicles are established spontaneously. The redox behavior of two vesicle‐phase solutions at a constant total concentration of 25 mmol·L^?1 with the ratios of TTABr:SDS 9.35:0.65 of positive charges of bilayer membranes and 1.25:8.75 of negative charges of bilayer membranes are investigated by cyclic voltammetry. These cyclic voltammograms of vesicles with different charges are compared with those of 100 mmol · L^?1 TTABr and 100 mmol · L^?1 SDS micelle solutions. This CV study on surfactant self‐assembled solutions should open up a new method of study in surfactant science.     

Preparation of crystalline gold nanoparticles at the surface of mixed phosphatidylcholine-ionic surfactant vesicles

The formation of gold nanoparticles and the crystal growth at the surface of mixed phosphatidylcholine (PC)-ionic surfactant vesicles was investigated. The PC-bilayer surface was negatively charged by incorporating sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and positively charged by adding hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAB). The mass ratio phosphatidylcholine:surfactant was fixed in both cases at 1:1. The gold nanoparticle formation was studied by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) combined with dynamic light scattering (DLS) and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. TEM micrographs confirm that the particle formation occurs on the vesicle surface. However, the reduction process depends on the ionic surfactant incorporated into the vesicles, the vesicle size distribution, as well as the temperature used for the reduction process. Thereby, it becomes possible to control the crystal growth of the individual spherical gold nanoparticles in a characteristic way. Red colored colloidal dispersions consisting of monodisperse spherical nanoparticles with an average particle size between 2 and 8 nm (determined by dynamic light scattering) can be obtained by using a monodisperse SDS-modified vesicle phase. When the temperature is increased to 45 degrees C, a crystallization in rod-like or triangular structures is observed. In the CTAB-based template phase in general larger gold particles of about 35 nm are formed. In similarity to the anionic vesicles a temperature increase leads to the crystallization in triangular structures.     

Micelle Formation and Aggregate Morphology Transition from Vesicle to Rod Micelle for Allyl Alkyldimethylammonium Bromide Cationic Surfactant

A series of cationic surfactants of allyl alkyldimethylammonium bromide (AA_nDB), where n=12, 16, 18, were synthesized, and the adsorption behavior of AA_nDB at the air–water interface and the aggregation morphology in bulk solution were reported. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) was determined by the drop volume technique and steady state fluorescence. The surface excess concentration of AA_nDB surfactants was calculated from the surface tension versus log concentration curves by applying the Gibbs' adsorption isotherm. The values of surface area per molecule calculated by using Gibbs' equation were 2.9–1.4 nm², indicating the relatively large size of the AA_nDB surfactants. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) measurements reveal that, at low surfactant concentration of allyl dodecyl dimethylammonium bromide (AA₁₂DB) above CMC, vesicles can be spontaneously formed. However, with increasing surfactant concentration, vesicles tend to be transformed into rod‐like micelles.     

Femtosecond study of ultrafast fluorescence resonance energy transfer in a catanionic vesicle

Ultrafast fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a catanionic [sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-dodecyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (DTAB)] vesicle is studied by femtosecond up-conversion. The vesicles (diameter ～400 nm for SDS-rich and ～250 nm for DTAB-rich vesicles) are much larger than the SDS and DTAB micelles (diameter ～4 nm). In both micelle and vesicles, FRET occurs in multiple time scales and the time scales of FRET correspond to a donor-acceptor distance varying between 12 and 36 A?.     

Micelle-to-vesicle transition induced by organic additives in catanionic surfactant systems

A micelle-to-vesicle transition (MVT) induced by the addition of a series of apolar hydrocarbons (n-butylbenzene, n-hexane, n-octane, and n-dodecane) to the catanionic surfactant system n-dodecyltriethylammonium bromide/sodium n-dodecylsulfate (DTEAB/SDS) has been investigated for the first time by means of rheology and turbidity measurements, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Interestingly, a MVT can take place within certain micellar regions, which are dependent on the structure and chain length of the hydrocarbon. However, these hydrocarbons are unable to induce a MVT in another catanionic surfactant system, namely, n-dodecyltriethylammonium bromide/sodium n-dodecylsulfonate (DTEAB/SDSO(3)), in which the molecular interactions are weaker than in the DTEAB/SDS system. On the other hand, polar additives, such as n-octanol and n-octylamine, exhibit much higher efficiency and activity in inducing MVT than hydrocarbons in both DETAB/SDS and DTEAB/SDSO(3). Moreover, DLS, TEM, and time-resolved fluorescence quenching (TRFQ) results demonstrate that the ratio of vesicles to micelles in the system can be actively controlled by addition of polar additives. Possible mechanisms for the above phenomena are presented, and the potential application of controllable micelle/vesicle systems in the synthesis of tailored bimodal mesoporous materials is discussed.     

The significant effects of linear medium chain fatty alcohols on phase behavior of aqueous solution of mixed cationic–anionic surfactant

The effect of 1-hexanol on the phase behavior of aqueous solutions of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) has been systematically studied. The phase ranges of vesicle and liquid crystal (LC) can be greatly extended with the addition of 1-hexanol. These specific structures distributed symmetrically on the two sides of the SDS/CTAB equimolar line in the pseudo ternary phase diagram. The aqueous two phase system (ATPS) contained vesicles that would transform into lamellar LC with the change of ratio of SDS/CTAB. The phase behaviors of SDS/CTAB system with addition of different alcohols (C₅OH–C₈OH) showed similar trends in structural transition except for phase span, demonstrating that the obstruction of electrostatic interaction between surfactant polar heads was affected by the insertion depth of the added alcohols.     

Salt-induced vesicle formation from single anionic surfactant SDBS and its mixture with LSB in aqueous solution

Vesicles can be formed spontaneously in aqueous solution of a single anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl benzenesulfonate (SDBS) just under the inducement of salt, which makes the formation of vesicle much easier and simpler. The existence of vesicles was demonstrated by TEM image using the negative-staining method. The mechanism of the formation may be attributed to the compression of salt on the electric bilayer of the surfactant headgroups, which alters the packing parameter of the surfactant. The addition of the zwitterionic surfactant lauryl sulfonate betaine (LSB) makes the vesicles more stable, expands the range of formation and vesicle size, and reduces the polydispersity of the vesicles. The vesicle region was presented in a pseudoternary diagram of SDBS/LSB/brine. The variations of vesicle size with the salinity and mixing ratios, as well as the surfactant concentration, were determined using the dynamic light scattering method. It is found that the vesicle size is independent of the surfactant concentration but subject to the salinity and the mixing ratio of the two surfactants.