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Study on rheology of novel UV/visible light sensitive trimeric cationic surfactant/trans-4-phenylazo benzoic acid micelle system

  • Xiaoyang Han

    Xiaoyang Han received her bachelor’s degree in Energy Engineering from Henan Polytechnic University, People’s Republic of China in 2021. She is currently a Master’s student in chemical engineering and technology at East China University of Science and Technology. Her studies focus on rheology of viscoelastic surfactants.

         , Yudie Li

    Yudie Li received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and technology from Anhui Normal University, People’s Republic of China. She is currently a master’s student in chemical engineering at East China University of Science and Technology. Her studies focus on photosensitive surfactants and their applications.

         , Bo Fang

    Bo Fang received his bachelor’s degree in organic chemical engineering and his master’s degree in chemical engineering from Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology. He obtained Ph.D in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), People’s Republic of China in 1995. He is currently a professor of chemical engineering at ECUST. His studies focus on chemical engineering rheology, including viscoelastic surfactant micelles and their applications, photo-sensitive surfactant micelles, fracturing fluids rheology and rheokinetics.

     EMAIL logo     and Wenting Xu

    Wenting Xu received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and technology from Nanjing Tech University, People’s Republic of China in 2020. She obtained her master’s degree in chemical engineering and technology at East China University of Science and Technology in 2023. Her studies focus on rheology of viscoelastic surfactants.
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Tenside Surfactants Detergents
From the journal Tenside Surfactants Detergents Volume 61 Issue 6

Abstract

The trimeric cetyl cationic surfactant (TGC) forms reversible photosensitive micelle systems with the photosensitive counterions trans-4-phenylazo benzoic acid (trans-ACA). The Carreau-Yasuda model was used for the flow curves before and after UV irradiation. The effects of trans-ACA concentration, TGC concentration, and different durations of UV (365 nm) and visible light (465 nm) irradiation on the rheological properties of TGC/trans-ACA were investigated. Prior to UV irradiation, the TGC/trans-ACA system was composed of wormlike micelles, which showed pronounced shear thinning behavior, good thixotropy and viscoelasticity. Macroscopically, it appears as a difficult to flow solution. After UV irradiation, trans-ACA is isomerized to cis-ACA, and the worm-like micelles are transformed to spherical or short rod-like micelles, resulting in a significant decrease in thixotropy and viscoelasticity, and thus a decrease in viscosity and an increase in fluidity. At lower TGC concentrations, UV irradiation can induce a reversal of the rheological properties of the TGC/trans-ACA system, which exhibits a complete solution state. Exposure to visible light restores the rheology of the system to that prior to UV irradiation. Under UV and visible light irradiation at different times, the system obeys to the rheo-kinetic equation. The UV–vis spectrum confirms that the changes in the rheological properties of the TGC/trans-ACA system are due to the reversible photoisomerization of trans-ACA.

Keywords: reversible photosensitive micelle systems; rheology; trans-4-phenylazo benzoic acid; trimeric cetyl cationic surfactants
Corresponding author: Bo Fang, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Multiphase Materials Chemical Engineering, Lab of Chemical Engineering Rheology, Research Centre of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China, E-mail:

Funding source: PetroChina Science and Technology Management Department Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2020B-4120

Funding source: China’s National Science and Technology Major Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2017ZX05023003

About the authors

Xiaoyang Han

Xiaoyang Han received her bachelor’s degree in Energy Engineering from Henan Polytechnic University, People’s Republic of China in 2021. She is currently a Master’s student in chemical engineering and technology at East China University of Science and Technology. Her studies focus on rheology of viscoelastic surfactants.

Yudie Li

Yudie Li received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and technology from Anhui Normal University, People’s Republic of China. She is currently a master’s student in chemical engineering at East China University of Science and Technology. Her studies focus on photosensitive surfactants and their applications.

Bo Fang

Bo Fang received his bachelor’s degree in organic chemical engineering and his master’s degree in chemical engineering from Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology. He obtained Ph.D in chemical engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), People’s Republic of China in 1995. He is currently a professor of chemical engineering at ECUST. His studies focus on chemical engineering rheology, including viscoelastic surfactant micelles and their applications, photo-sensitive surfactant micelles, fracturing fluids rheology and rheokinetics.

Wenting Xu

Wenting Xu received her bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and technology from Nanjing Tech University, People’s Republic of China in 2020. She obtained her master’s degree in chemical engineering and technology at East China University of Science and Technology in 2023. Her studies focus on rheology of viscoelastic surfactants.

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  1. Research ethics: The local Institutional Review Board deemed the study exempt from review.

  2. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Research funding: The China’s National Science and Technology Major Project [grant numbers 2017ZX05023003]. The PetroChina Science and Technology Management Department Project [grant numbers 2020B-4120].

  5. Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2024-03-20
Accepted: 2024-08-12
Published Online: 2024-09-12
Published in Print: 2024-11-26

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Keywords for this article
reversible photosensitive micelle systems; rheology; trans-4-phenylazo benzoic acid; trimeric cetyl cationic surfactants

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