About the Role of Surfactants on the Magnetic Control over Liquid Interfaces

作者:Degen Patrick*; Zwar Elena; Paulus Michael; Tolan Metin; Rehage Heinz
来源:Langmuir, 2014, 30(39): 11563-11566.
DOI:10.1021/la503142q

摘要

The behavior of magnetically responsive aqueous Fe(III) surfactant solutions at liquid interfaces is analyzed. Such surfactants attracted much attention, because of the ability to manipulate interfaces by magnetic fields without any use of magnetic nanoparticles. A detailed analysis of the surface properties proves that the mixing of paramagnetic electrolyte solution with anionic, cationic and nonionic surfactants yields the similar magnetic response and no effect of the surfactant charge can be observed. We conclude that the observed magnetic shiftability of interfaces is caused by a combination of the paramagnetic behavior of the bulk liquid and a reduction of the surface tension. Thus, this work gives an alternative interpretation of the properties of "magnetic surfactants" compared to the ones claimed in the literature.

  • 出版日期2014-10-7
  • 单位TU Dortmund