Interfacial interaction of small molecular emulsifiers tea saponin and monoglyceride: Relationship to the formation and stabilization of emulsion gels

Novel textiles have received a lot of attention from researchers in the last decade due to some of their unique features. The introduction of intelligent materials into textile structures offers an opportunity to develop multifunctional textiles, such as sensing, reacting, conducting electricity and performing energy conversion operations. In this research work nanocomposite-based highly piezoelectric and electroactive β-phase new textile has been developed using the pad-dry-cure method. The deposition of poly (vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) − carbon nanofillers (CNF) − tetraethyl orthosilicate (TEOS), Si(OCH2CH3)4 was acquired on a treated textile substrate using coating technique followed by evaporation to transform the passive (non-functional) textile into a dynamic textile with an enhanced piezoelectric β-phase. The aim of the study is the investigation of the impact the coating of textile via piezoelectric nanocomposites based PVDF-CNF (by optimizing piezoelectric crystalline phase). The chemical composition of CT/PVDF-CNC-TEOS textile was detected by qualitative elemental analysis (SEM/EDX). The added of 0.5% of CNF during the process provides material textiles with a piezoelectric β-phase of up to 50% has been measured by FTIR experiments. These results indicated that CNF has high efficiency in transforming the phase α introduced in the unloaded PVDF, to the β-phase in the case of nanocomposites. Consequently, this fabricated new textile exhibits glorious piezoelectric β-phase even with relatively low coating content of PVDF-CNF-TEOS. The study demonstrates that the pad-dry-cure method can potentially be used for the development of piezoelectric nanocomposite-coated wearable new textiles for sensors and energy harvesting applications. We believe that our study may inspire the research area for future advanced applications.

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Comments on the Antonow and interfacial interaction rules

Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications ◽

10.1135/cccc19901143 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 55 (5) ◽

pp. 1143-1148 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Jan Kloubek

Keyword(s):

Free Energy ◽

Energy Minimization ◽

Interfacial Interaction ◽

Aliphatic Hydrocarbon ◽

Theoretical Base ◽

Water Interface ◽

Free Energy Minimization ◽

Interaction Rule

Results presented for the aliphatic hydrocarbon-water interface show that the recent hypothesis of the free energy minimization called interfacial interaction rule, which was suggested as a theoretical base of the Antonow rule, cannot be generally valid.

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Influence of morphology and interfacial interaction of TiO2-Graphene nanocomposites on the visible light photocatalytic performance

Journal of Solid State Chemistry ◽

10.1016/j.jssc.2020.121301 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 286 ◽

pp. 121301 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Danqi Li ◽

Jing Sun ◽

Tingting Shen ◽

Hongchen Song ◽

Jiuxin Liu ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Visible Light ◽

Photocatalytic Performance ◽

Interfacial Interaction ◽

Graphene Nanocomposites ◽

Visible Light Photocatalytic

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All organic multiferroic magnetoelectric complexes with strong interfacial spin-dipole interaction

npj Flexible Electronics ◽

10.1038/s41528-021-00120-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yuying Yang ◽

Zhiyan Chen ◽

Xiangqian Lu ◽

Xiaotao Hao ◽

Wei Qin

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Field ◽

Light Intensity ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Incident Light ◽

Dipole Interaction ◽

Interfacial Interaction ◽

Magnetoelectric Coupling ◽

Incident Light Intensity ◽

Organic Ferromagnets ◽

Magnetoelectric Coefficient

AbstractThe organic magnetoelectric complexes are beneficial for the development on flexible magnetoelectric devices in the future. In this work, we fabricated all organic multiferroic ferromagnetic/ferroelectric complexes to study magnetoelectric coupling at room temperature. Under the stimulus of external magnetic field, the localization of charge inside organic ferromagnets will be enhanced to affect spin–dipole interaction at organic multiferroic interfaces, where overall ferroelectric polarization is tuned to present an organic magnetoelectric coupling. Moreover, the magnetoelectric coupling of the organic ferromagnetic/ferroelectric complex is tightly dependent on incident light intensity. Decreasing light intensity, the dominated interfacial interaction will switch from spin–dipole to dipole–dipole interaction, which leads to the magnetoelectric coefficient changing from positive to negative in organic multiferroic magnetoelectric complexes.

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To investigate interfacial interaction between soy protein isolate biocomposite thin films reinforced with poly (vinyl alcohol) matrix

Polymer Composites ◽

10.1002/pc.26043 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sanjeev Gautam ◽

Bhasha Sharma ◽

Purnima Jain

Keyword(s):

Thin Films ◽

Soy Protein ◽

Vinyl Alcohol ◽

Soy Protein Isolate ◽

Protein Isolate ◽

Interfacial Interaction ◽

Poly Vinyl Alcohol

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The significance of the interfacial interaction in mixed matrix membranes for enhanced propylene/propane separation and plasticization resistance

Separation and Purification Technology ◽

10.1016/j.seppur.2020.118279 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 118279

Author(s):

Heseong An ◽

Kie Yong Cho ◽

Seoin Back ◽

Do Xuan Huy ◽

Jae-Deok Jeon ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Interfacial Interaction ◽

Mixed Matrix Membranes ◽

Mixed Matrix ◽

Matrix Membranes

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Molecular Dynamics Simulation on the Interaction between Palygorskite Coating and Linear Chain Alkane Base Lubricant

Coatings ◽

10.3390/coatings11030286 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 286

Author(s):

Jin Zhang ◽

Lv Yang ◽

Yue Wang ◽

Huaichao Wu ◽

Jiabin Cai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Molecular Dynamics ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Molecular Diffusion ◽

Linear Chain ◽

Interfacial Interaction ◽

Dynamics Simulation ◽

Electrostatic Energy ◽

Experimental Development ◽

Practical Applications ◽

Self Diffusion

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to investigate the interactions between a palygorskite coating and linear chain alkanes (dodecane C12, tetradecane C14, hexadecane C16, and octadecane C18), representing base oils in this study. The simulation models were built by placing the alkane molecules on the surface of the palygorskite coating. These systems were annealed and geometrically optimized to obtain the corresponding stable configurations, followed by the analysis of the structural changes occurring during the MD process. The interfacial interaction energies, mean square displacements, and self-diffusion coefficients of the systems were evaluated to characterize the interactions between base lubricant molecules and palygorskite coating. It was found that the alkanes exhibited self-arrangement ability after equilibrium. The interfacial interaction was attractive, and the electrostatic energy was the main component of the binding energy. The chain length of the linear alkanes had a significant impact on the intensity of the interfacial interactions and the molecular diffusion behavior. Moreover, the C12 molecule exhibited higher self-diffusion coefficient values than C14, C16 and C18. Therefore, it could be the best candidate to form an orderliness and stable lubricant film on the surface of the palygorskite coating. The present work provides new insight into the optimization of the structure and composition of coatings and lubricants, which will guide the experimental development of these systems for practical applications.

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