The vesicle structures of egg yolks phosphatidylcholine/didodecyldimethylammonium bromide （1 ： 1, mass ratio） deposited on mica were studied by atomic force microscopy （AFM） both in aqueous phase and air. In aqueous phase both bilayer and domelike vesicles with a mean diameter of 45 nm were observed, whereas in air the structure was more complicated depending on the initial concentration of vesicles. Vesicles with the original size could only be visualized at very low concentration with a mean diameter of 55 nm, which is a little larger than the result obtained in aqueous phase. At higher concentrations, fused large aggregates and multiple bilayer with a thickness ca. 4 nm of each bilayer were dominated. A plausible adsorption mechanism was proposed based on the experimental results.
Ionic liquids have many unique properties as a new and remarkable class of environmental benign solvents,which promises widespread applications in industry and other areas. However,the ionic liq-uids with surface activity are rarely reported. In this work,a series of novel ionic liquids was synthe-sized by using N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and alkyl bromide. The physical properties of this family of ionic liquids have been characterized,which shows that these compounds have ionic liquids characteristics,surface activity and biocompatibility.
The wettability,surfactivity and the correlation between wettability and surfactivity of sodium diethylhexylphosphate,sodium diethylhexyl polyoxyethylene phosphate and their complex in NaOH solutions were studied.A complex alkali resistant phosphate surfactant with good permeability was prepared.The wettability of surfactants was investigated by measuring the immersion time,sinking time and capillary effects of nature cotton grey fabric in NaOH solutions.The surfactivity of the surfactants was characterized by measuring the surface tension.The effect of the complex on the surface appearance of cotton grey fabric was also investigated with a scanning electron microscope(SEM) .The results show that all the surfactants exhibit good wettability for cotton grey fabric in 0.5-5.0 mol/L of NaOH solutions,the complex system exhibits better wettability in 5.0-7.0 mol/L of NaOH solutions,in comparison with either corresponding single surfactant component employed,and wettability is well correlative with the surfactivities of the surfactant.SEM images indicate that the cotton grey fabric is well wetted by the alkaline surfactant solution and the quality of fabric is improved.
