Solid-liquid interfaces adsorption

The Solid-Liquid Interface—Adsorption from Solution... 

Ari, T., and Norde, W. (1990) The behaviour of some model proteins at solid-liquid interfaces adsorption from single protein solutions. Colloids Surfaces 51, 1-15. 

Solid-liquid interface Adsorption Dispersion Electric charge... 

These forces and hence the stability of the dispersions can be altered/controlled by the adsorption of ions, surfactants, or polymers at the solid-liquid interface. Adsorption of surfactants and polymers at the solid-liquid interface depends on the nature of the surfactant or polymer, the solvent, and the substrate. Ionic surfactants adsorbing on oppositely charged surfaces exhibit a typical four-region isotherm. Such adsorption can alter the dispersion stability mainly by changing the double layer interaction, which depends on the extent of adsorption. Thus, it is seen that alumina suspensions are destabilized by the adsorption of SDS when the zeta potential is reduced to zero. At higher concentrations, bilayered surfactant adsorption can occur with changes in wettability and flocculation of the particles by altering the hydrophobic interactions. 

The Solid/Liquid Interface. Adsorption on Insoluble Solids... 

Retention in Porous Media. Anionic surfactants can be lost in porous media in a number of ways adsorption at the solid—liquid interface, adsorption at the gas—liquid interface, precipitation or phase-separation due to incompatibility of the surfactant and the reservoir brine (especially divalent ions), partitioning or solubilization of the surfactant into the oil phase, and emulsification of the aqueous phase (containing surfactant) into the oil. The adsorption of surfactant on reservoir rock has a major effect on foam propagation and is described in detail in Chapter 7 by Mannhardt and Novosad. Fortunately, adsorption in porous media tends to be, in general, less important at elevated temperatures 10, 11). The presence of ionic materials, however, lowers the solubility of the surfactant in the aqueous phase and tends to increase adsorption. The ability of cosurfactants to reduce the adsorption on reservoir materials by lowering the critical micelle concentration (CMC), and thus the monomer concentration, has been demonstrated (72,13). 

One of the factors that determines foam propagation and foam-flood economics is surfactant loss in the reservoir, most importantly adsorption at the solid—liquid interface. Adsorption levels of foaming surfactants, mostly those suitable for high salinity conditions, cover a wide range and lead to vastly different distances of foam propagation. Therefore, selection of a surfactant with minimal adsorption levels for the reservoir conditions of interest is crucial. 

The relationship between adsorption and interfacial properties such as contact angle, zeta-potential and flotation recovery is illustrated in Figure 39.2 for cationic surfactant dodecylammonium acetate/quartz system (5). The increase in adsorption due to association of surfactants adsorbed at the solid-liquid interface into two dimensional aggregates called solloids (surface colloids) or hemi-micelles occurs at about 10 M DA A. This marked increase in adsorption density is accompanied by concomitant sharp changes in contact angle, zeta-potential and flotation recovery. Thus these interfacial phenomena depend primarily on the adsorption of the surfactant at the solid-liquid interface. The surface phenomena that reflect the conditions at the solid-liquid interface (adsorption density and zeta-potential) can in many cases be correlated directly with the phenomena that reflect the... 

Solid-liquid interface adsorption dispersion electric charge... 

Adsorption at Solid-Liquid Interfaces Adsorption of Homopolymers. 

The structure of adsorbed chains at the air-liquid interface is similar to that at the solid-liquid interface. Adsorption at air-liquid interface has been studied by ellipsometry (54), X-ray and neutron reflectivity (55,56), surface tension measurements (57), X-ray evanescent wave-induced fluorescence (58), and Langmuir trough techniques (55). Neutron reflectivity measurements indicate that in the... 

Ballamudi, R.K., and Bitsanis, LA., Structural transitions at solid-liquid interfaces. Adsorption, 2(1), 69-76... 

The charging mechanisms of the porous solid-liquid interface are complex, possibly including the asymmetric dipoles of water molecules residing at the solid-liquid interface, adsorption of ions, disassociation of ionic groups, charge separation, etc. The presence of surface charges will influence the distribution of nearby ions in the solution. Counter-ions (i. e., ions of opposite charge)... 

Of particular interest has been the study of the polymer configurations at the solid-liquid interface. Beginning with lattice theories, early models of polymer adsorption captured most of the features of adsorption such as the loop, train, and tail structures and the influence of the surface interaction parameter (see Refs. 57, 58, 62 for reviews of older theories). These lattice models have been expanded on in recent years using modem computational methods [63,64] and have allowed the calculation of equilibrium partitioning between a poly-... 

G. J. Fleer and J. Lyklema, Adsorption from Solution at the Solid/Liquid Interface, Academic Press, Orlando, FL, 1983, Chapter 4, pp. 153-220. 

J. P. Badiali, L. Blum, M. L. Rosinberg. Localized adsorption at solid-liquid interface the sticky site hard wall model. Chem Phys Lett 729 149-154, 1986. 

For the solid-liquid system changes of the state of interface on formation of surfactant adsorption layers are of special importance with respect to application aspects. When a liquid is in contact with a solid and surfactant is added, the solid-liquid interface tension will be reduced by the formation of a new solid-liquid interface created by adsorption of surfactant. This influences the wetting as demonstrated by the change of the contact angle between the liquid and the solid surface. The equilibrium at the three-phase contact solid-liquid-air or oil is described by the Young equation ... 

The importance of surface characterization in molecular architecture chemistry and engineering is obvious. Solid surfaces are becoming essential building blocks for constructing molecular architectures, as demonstrated in self-assembled monolayer formation [6] and alternate layer-by-layer adsorption [7]. Surface-induced structuring of liqnids is also well-known [8,9], which has implications for micro- and nano-technologies (i.e., liqnid crystal displays and micromachines). The virtue of the force measurement has been demonstrated, for example, in our report on novel molecular architectures (alcohol clusters) at solid-liquid interfaces [10]. 

Of special interest in liquid dispersions are the surface-active agents that tend to accumulate at air/ liquid, liquid/liquid, and/or solid/liquid interfaces. Surfactants can arrange themselves to form a coherent film surrounding the dispersed droplets (in emulsions) or suspended particles (in suspensions). This process is an oriented physical adsorption. Adsorption at the interface tends to increase with increasing thermodynamic activity of the surfactant in solution until a complete monolayer is formed at the interface or until the active sites are saturated with surfactant molecules. Also, a multilayer of adsorbed surfactant molecules may occur, resulting in more complex adsorption isotherms. 

Adsorption is a physicochemical process whereby ionic and nonionic solutes become concentrated from solution at solid-liquid interfaces.3132 Adsorption and desorption are caused by interactions between and among molecules in solution and those in the structure of solid surfaces. Adsorption is a major mechanism affecting the mobility of heavy metals and toxic organic substances and is thus a major consideration when assessing transport. Because adsorption is usually fully or partly reversible (desorption), only rarely can it be considered a detoxification process for fate-assessment purposes. Although adsorption does not directly affect the toxicity of a substance, the substance may be rendered nontoxic by concurrent transformation processes such as hydrolysis and biodegradation. Many chemical and physical properties of both aqueous and solid phases affect adsorption, and the physical chemistry of the process itself is complex. For example, adsorption of one ion may result in desorption of another ion (known as ion exchange). 

Electrochemical reactions are driven by the potential difference at the solid liquid interface, which is established by the electrochemical double layer composed, in a simple case, of water and two types of counter ions. Thus, provided the electrochemical interface is preserved upon emersion and transfer, one always has to deal with a complex coadsorption experiment. In contrast to the solid/vacuum interface, where for instance metal adsorption can be studied by evaporating a metal onto the surface, electrochemical metal deposition is always a coadsorption of metal ions, counter ions, and probably water dipols, which together cause the potential difference at the surface. This complex situation has to be taken into account when interpreting XPS data of emersed electrode surfaces in terms of chemical shifts or binding energies. 

Taking Simultaneous Micellizadon and Adsorption Phenomena into Consideration In the presence of an adsorbent in contact with the surfactant solution, monomers of each species will be adsorbed at the solid/ liquid interface until the dual monomer/micelle, monomer/adsorbed-phase equilibrium is reached. A simplified model for calculating these equilibria has been built for the pseudo-binary systems investigated, based on the RST theory and the following assumptions ... 

Norde, W. (1986) Adsorption of proteins from solution at the solid-liquid interface. Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 25, 267. 

Halperin A (1999) Polymer brushes that resist adsorption of model proteins design parameters. Langmuir 15 2525-2533 Haynes CA, Norde W (1994) Globular proteins at solid-liquid interfaces. Colloid Surf B 2 517-566... 

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