Abdullahi, Wasiu, Crossman, Martin and Griffiths, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-6686-1271 (2022) Probing selective adsorption in cationic-polymer induced aggregation of binary anionic particulate dispersions using solvent relaxation NMR. Polymers, 14 (9):1875. ISSN 2073-4360 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14091875)

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Abstract

NMR solvent relaxation has been used to characterize the surfaces present in binary anionic particle dispersions, before and after exposure to a cationic polymer. In the polymer-free case, it is shown that the measured specific relaxation rate of the solvent is a population-weighted average of all surfaces present, enabling preferential adsorption to be explored. The addition of the oppositely charged polymer led to phase separation, which was accelerated by gentle centrifugation. The measured relaxation rates and the equilibrium particle concentrations indicate that the cationic hydroxyethylcellulose polymer (HEC LR) exhibited no significant preference for either latex or laponite in binary blends with silica, but a strong preference for TiO2. This study illustrates the versatility of solvent relaxation to probe surface area, surface type and dispersion composition in complex formulations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	solvent relaxation; polymer adsorption; formulation; phase separation; preferential adsorption; NMR solvent relaxation
Subjects:	Q Science > QD Chemistry T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Materials & Analysis Research Group Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Science (SCI)
Last Modified:	09 May 2022 09:49
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36084

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