On the Thermal Gelling of Ethyl(hydroxyethyl)cellulose and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. Phase Behavior and Temperature Scanning Calorimetric Response

Abstract

High-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (HSDSC) experiments and phase studies have been combined in order to investigate thermal events, possibly related to thermoreversible gelation, in semidilute aqueous systems of ethyl(hydroxyethyl)cellulose (EHEC) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) in the temperature range 20-80 °C. The phase behavior of two gelling EHEC samples in 0.50 and 1.00 wt % aqueous solution containing varying amounts of SDS has been characterized. Both samples formed thermoreversible gels in 1.00% solutions at SDS concentrations above 2 mmol kg -1 , while in 0.50 wt % solution only one sample formed a gel and now in a restricted region of temperature and SDS concentration. Large, well-defined endothermic peaks were seen in DSC traces of the gelling EHEC samples in pure water. The peaks appeared at about the clouding temperature (CP) of the solutions. Surfactant-free solution of a more hydrophilic (nongelling) EHEC only gave a small heat capacity shift at CP. The transition peaks observed for the gelling EHEC in pure water are considered to indicate that polymer association through interaction between the hydrophobic segments precedes the liquid-liquid phase separation. The addition of SDS to solutions of the gelling EHEC significantly changed the features of the DSC peaks, which indicates that SDS changes the association behavior of the polymer as the clouding temperature is approached. At certain compositions the phase separation is arrested and instead a gel forms.

Stimuli-Responsive Polymers and their Potential Applications in Oil-Gas Industry

“…[115][116] However, several groups demonstrated different aqueous polymer solutions which displayed an increase in viscosity upon increasing the temperature. 114,[117][118] As shown in Fig. 12, the temperature increase will decrease the solubility of one of the components (LCST-groups) of the polymer.…”

New insights on the interaction between hydroxypropylmethyl cellulose and sodium dodecyl sulfate

“…Another interestdealing with three types of systems, including non-ionic polysaccharides such as ethyl (hydroxyethyl)cellulose (EHEC) (Carlsson, Karlström, & Lindman, 1990;Kjøniksen, Nyström, & Lindman, 1999;Lindell & Cabane, 1998;Ostrovskii, Kjoniksen, Nyström, & Torell, 1999;Thuresson, Lindman, & Nyström, 1997;Wang, Lindell, & Olofsson, 1997), poly(isopropylacrylamide) and its derivatives (Antunes, Gentile, Tavano, & Rossi, 2009;Eom, Oh, & Park, 1998;Hou, De Bank, & Shakesheff, 2004;Lu, Targonsky, Wheeler, & Cheng, 2007;Zeng, Liu, Tong, Yang, & Wu, 2000), and pluronics such as F127 (Barreiro-Iglesias, Alvarez-Lorenzo, & Concheiro, 2003a;Cappel & Kreuter, 1991;Lee et al, 2010;Schmolka, 1972). These systems exhibit an increase in viscosity above a critical temperature and are suitable for some biomedical applications, particularly for drug delivery systems (Derakhshandeh, Fashi, & Seifoleslami, 2010;Escobar-Chávez et al, 2006;Gilbert, Hadgraft, Bye, & Brookes, 1986;Lee, Lee, Baek, & Lim, 2004).…”

Thermogelation in Aqueous Polymer Solutions

“…This type of system is directly connected to the previous discussion about cellulosic polymers taking into account some of the more hydrophobic derivatives like EHEC (34)(35)(36)(37) or HPC (38). As is known, EHEC (or HPC) gives aqueous solutions that phase-separate upon heating.…”