Issue 45, 2013

Electrostatic vs. covalent bond in modified Jeffamine: effect on the phase behaviour and on the templating of mesoporous silica

Abstract

Ionic and covalent combinations of oleic acid and Jeffamine ED900, a homoditopic polyetheramine, lead to novel porogens, either "cataniomeric" or nonionic surfactants, bearing respectively ammonium/carboxylate ionic pairs and/or amidic bonds. The effect of the electrostatic interaction vs. the covalent bond at the molecular level is clearly evidenced by the differences in the self-assembling behaviour, in either micellar or liquid crystal domains. Organized mesoporous materials were prepared through the cooperative templating mechanism from micelles and a silica source. The optimal reaction conditions were different for the nonionic (A) and di-ionic (B) surfactants, and the resulting materials had various morphologies (rod-like vs. spheres) and pore sizes (4 vs. 14 nm). Interestingly, the hybrid surfactant exhibits a versatile behaviour regarding the silica formation, acting as either a nonionic or a di-ionic surfactant in its respectively optimal conditions, A or B. This behaviour highlights the uniqueness of dynamic micelles as a novel supramolecular tool for the design of tailored mesoporous materials and could represent a novel platform for the design of pH responsive controlled drug delivery systems.

Graphical abstract: Electrostatic vs. covalent bond in modified Jeffamine: effect on the phase behaviour and on the templating of mesoporous silica

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Jul 2013
Accepted
12 Sep 2013
First published
16 Sep 2013

Soft Matter, 2013,9, 10832-10840

Electrostatic vs. covalent bond in modified Jeffamine: effect on the phase behaviour and on the templating of mesoporous silica

N. Canilho, A. Pasc, M. Emo, M. Stébé and J. Blin, Soft Matter, 2013, 9, 10832 DOI: 10.1039/C3SM52018H

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