Fluorometric and isothermal titration calorimetric studies on binding interaction of a telechelic polymer with sodium alkyl sulfates of varying chain length

Haldar, Basudeb ; Chakrabarty, Alok ; Mallick, Arabinda ; Mandal, Malay Chandan ; Das, Paramita ; Chattopadhyay, Nitin (2006) Fluorometric and isothermal titration calorimetric studies on binding interaction of a telechelic polymer with sodium alkyl sulfates of varying chain length Langmuir, 22 (8). pp. 3514-3520. ISSN 0743-7463

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Official URL: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/la053370f

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Abstract

Steady-state fluorescence measurements and isothermal titration calorimetric experiments have been performed to study the interaction between a telechelic polymer, pyrene-end-capped poly(ethylene oxide) (PYPY), and sodium alkyl sulfate surfactants having decyl, dodecyl, and tetradecyl hydrocarbon tails. Fluorometric results suggest polymer-surfactant interaction in the very low range of polymer concentrations. The relative variation in the excimer to monomer pyrene emission intensities with varying surfactant concentration reveals that initial addition of surfactant favors intramolecular preassociation until the surfactant molecules start binding with the ethylene oxide (EO) chain. With the growing number of surfactant aggregates along the EO chain, the association becomes hindered due to the polyelectrolyte effect. The results from microcalorimetric titrations in the low concentration range of PYPY solution (~10-6 M) with alkyl sulfates suggest two kinds of surfactant-polymer interactions, one with the polymer hydrophobic end groups and the other with the ethylene oxide backbone. The overall polymer-surfactant interaction starts at a much lower surfactant concentration for the hydrophobically modified polymers compared to that in the case of unsubstituted poly(ethylene oxide) homopolymer. From the experiments critical aggregation concentration values and the second critical concentration where free micelles start forming have been determined. An endeavor has been made to unveil the mechanism underlying the corresponding associations of the surfactants with the polymer.

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