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Aggregation Behavior of PEO-PPO-PEO Tri-Block Copolymer (Pluronic®L64) in Nonionic Surfactant Additives Environment

  • Rakesh K. Sharma and Unnati Shah
Published/Copyright: May 1, 2013
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Tenside Surfactants Detergents
From the journal Tenside Surfactants Detergents Volume 51 Issue 3

Abstract

Studies of the interaction between water soluble PEO-PPO-PEO triblock copolymers (Pluronic®polymers) and ionic/nonionic surfactants are of significant interest because the polymer–surfactant mixtures are used widely in industrial and domestic formulations. The aggregation behavior of Pluronic®L64, EO13PO30EO13, in absence and presence of conventional nonionics (PEG1500, Tween80, Brij98) and block copolymeric nonionics (F68, F127, P123) was investigated by cloud point, surface tension, viscosity and UV-Visible spectroscopic measurements. Most of the studied nonionic surfactants increase the CP of Pluronic®L64 through the formation of mixed micelles of L64 and nonionics, respectively. Only PEG1500 have decreased the CPs of Pluronic®L64. In present study, the effects of PEG1500 and copolymeric F127 on aggregation behavior of Pluronic®L64 were studied. The surface parameters of adsorption and micellization for Pluronic®L64 and its mixtures with nonionics were also determined. Newer way, Indian solid gold, curcumin has been used to study the interaction between Pluronic®L64 and nonionic surfactants. Results confirmed that Pluronic®L64 interacts with copolymeric F127 through formation of mixed micelles between them, and conventional PEG1500 only increased the polarity of the medium and no noticeable interaction or formation of mixed micelles was observed.

Kurzfassung

Untersuchung der Wechselwirkungen zwischen wasserlöslichen Tri-Block-Co-Polymeren des Typs PEO-PPO-PEO (Pluronic® Polymere) und ionischen bzw. nichtionischen Tensiden sind von großem Interesse, weil die Polymer-Tensid-Mischungen sehr häufig in Haushalts- und Industriellen Formulierungen eingesetzt werden. Das Aggregationsverhalten von Pluronic®L64, EO13PO30EO13 in Ab- und Anwesenheit von konventionellen nichtionischen Tensiden (PEG1500, Tween80, Brij98) und von nichtionischen Co-Polymeren (F68, F127, P123) wurde mithilfe von Messungen des Trübungspunkts, der Oberflächenspannung, der Viskosität und UV-Vis-Spektren untersucht. Die meisten der untersuchten nichtionischen Tenside steigern den Trübungspunkt von Pluronic®L64 aufgrund der Entstehung von Mischmizellen aus L64 und dem nichtionischen Tensid. Nur mit PEG1500 nimmt der Trübungspunkt von Pluronic®L64 ab. In dieser Studie wird der Einfluss des PEG1500 und des Copolymers F127 auf das Aggregationsverhalten von Pluronic®L64 untersucht. Die Parameter der Adsorption und der Mizellenbildung von Pluronic®L64 und seinen Mischungen mit nichtionischen Verbindungen wurden ebenfalls bestimmt. Mithilfe des „indischen Golds“ Curcumin wurden die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Pluronic®L64 und den nichtionischen Tensiden studiert. Die Ergebnisse bestätigen, dass Pluronic®L64 mit dem Co-Polymer F127 über die Bildung von Mischmizellen wechselwirkt, während das konventionelle PEG1500 nur die Polarität des Mediums erhöht, nicht aber mit Pluronic®L64 in Wechselwirkung tritt oder Mischmizellen bildet.

Key words: Pluronic®; nonionic surfactants; mixed micelles; Pluronic®-surfactant interaction; curcumin; cloud point
Stichwörter: Pluronic®; nichtionische Tenside; Mischmizellen; Pluronic®-Tensid-Wechselwirkung; Curcumin; Trübungspunkt
* Correspondence address Dr. Rakesh K. Sharma, Assistant Professor, Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Post Box no. 51, Kala Bhavan, Vadodara-390001 (Gujarat), India, Tel.: (O) +91 26 52 43 41 88; (M) +91 92 28 49 92 73, Fax: 0 26 52 42 38 98, E-Mail: ,

Dr. Rakesh K. Sharma, M. Sc., M. Phil., Ph. D., is the Assistant Professor in the Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. His research interests are in aggregation and phase behavior of surfactants and Ethylene oxide-Propylene oxide based block copolymers and its applications in drug delivery and detergency. He has published 15 research papers in reputed international journals.

Unnati Shah, M. Sc., is a project student in the Applied Chemistry Department, Faculty of Technology & Engineering, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. She is working in the area of applications of surfactants in detergency.

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Received: 2013-09-01
Revised: 2014-02-14
Published Online: 2013-05-01
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https://doi.org/10.3139/113.110308
Keywords for this article
Pluronic®; nonionic surfactants; mixed micelles; Pluronic®-surfactant interaction; curcumin; cloud point

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