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    Adsorption Kinetics of a Cationic Surfactant Bearing a Two-Charged Head at the Air-Water Interface

    Year: 2020

    Journal: Coatings, Volume 10, FEB

    Authors: Fernandez Leyes, Marcos; Gimenez Reyes, Santiago; Cuenca, Ezequiel; Sanchez Morales, Jhon F.; Ritacco, Hernan

    Organizations: Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS, Argentina) [PGI-UNS 24/F080]; Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica (ANPCyT, Argentina)ANPCyT [PICT-2016-0787]; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET, Argentina)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET) [PIP-GI 2014 Nro 11220130100668CO]

    Keywords: cationic surfactants; Gemini 12-2-12 surfactant; dynamic surface tension; maximum bubble pressure; surface potential

    We studied the dynamics of adsorption at the air-water interface of a cationic surfactant bearing two charges, Gemini 12-2-12, at concentrations below and above the critical micelle concentration (cmc). We used maximum bubble pressure and Wilhelmy plate techniques in order to access all time scales in the adsorption process. We found that the adsorption dynamics are controlled by diffusion at the initial stage of the adsorption process (milliseconds) and it is kinetically controlled by an electrostatic barrier (minute) approaching the equilibrium surfactant surface concentration. Between these two extremes, we found several relaxation phenomena, all following exponential decays with characteristic times spanning from one to hundreds of seconds. By means of time-resolved surface potential measurements, we show that these processes involve charge redistribution within the interfacial region. The surface tension data are analyzed and interpreted in the framework of the free energy approach.
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