Pure surfactant liquids and their binary mixtures, because of the amphiphilic nature of the molecules involved, can exhibit nanosegregation and peculiar transport properties. The idea that inspired this work is that the possibility of including in such media salts currently used for technological applications should lead to a synergy between the properties of the salt and those of the medium. Therefore, the dynamic features of bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine (BEEA) and bis(2- ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (HDEHP) liquid mixtures were investigated as a function of composition and temperature by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and rheometry. Inclusion of litium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiT) has been investigated by infrared spectroscopy, pulsed field gradient NMR, and conductimetry methods to highlight the solubilizing and confining properties of these mixtures as well as the lithium conductivity. It was found that BEEA/HDEHP binary liquid mixtures show zero-threshold percolating self-assembly with a maximum in viscosity and a minimum in molecular diffusion at a 1:1 composition. Dissolution of LiT in such system can occur via confinement in the locally self-assembled polar domains. Despite this confinement, Li+ conduction is scarcely dependent on the medium composition because of the possibility of a field-induced hopping decoupled by the structural and dynamical features of the medium.

Nicotera, I., Oliviero Rossi, C., Turco Liveri, V., Calandra, P. (2014). Decoupling of Dynamic Processes in Surfactant-Based Liquid Mixtures: The Case of Lithium-Containing Bis(2- ethylhexyl)phosphoric Acid/Bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine Systems. LANGMUIR, 30(30), 8336-8341 [org/10.1021/la501744u].

Decoupling of Dynamic Processes in Surfactant-Based Liquid Mixtures: The Case of Lithium-Containing Bis(2- ethylhexyl)phosphoric Acid/Bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine Systems

TURCO LIVERI, Vincenzo;
2014-01-01

Abstract

Pure surfactant liquids and their binary mixtures, because of the amphiphilic nature of the molecules involved, can exhibit nanosegregation and peculiar transport properties. The idea that inspired this work is that the possibility of including in such media salts currently used for technological applications should lead to a synergy between the properties of the salt and those of the medium. Therefore, the dynamic features of bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine (BEEA) and bis(2- ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid (HDEHP) liquid mixtures were investigated as a function of composition and temperature by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and rheometry. Inclusion of litium trifluoromethanesulfonate (LiT) has been investigated by infrared spectroscopy, pulsed field gradient NMR, and conductimetry methods to highlight the solubilizing and confining properties of these mixtures as well as the lithium conductivity. It was found that BEEA/HDEHP binary liquid mixtures show zero-threshold percolating self-assembly with a maximum in viscosity and a minimum in molecular diffusion at a 1:1 composition. Dissolution of LiT in such system can occur via confinement in the locally self-assembled polar domains. Despite this confinement, Li+ conduction is scarcely dependent on the medium composition because of the possibility of a field-induced hopping decoupled by the structural and dynamical features of the medium.
2014
Settore CHIM/02 - Chimica Fisica
Nicotera, I., Oliviero Rossi, C., Turco Liveri, V., Calandra, P. (2014). Decoupling of Dynamic Processes in Surfactant-Based Liquid Mixtures: The Case of Lithium-Containing Bis(2- ethylhexyl)phosphoric Acid/Bis(2-ethylhexyl)amine Systems. LANGMUIR, 30(30), 8336-8341 [org/10.1021/la501744u].
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