Date of Award
2011-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Chemistry
Advisor(s)
Juan C. Noveron
Abstract
Gemini surfactants are amphiphilic molecules that consist of two surfactant molecules chemically joined together by a spacer group. These molecules tend to self‐assemble into vesicles at much lower concentrations than traditional surfactants and have found many applications in catalysis, adsorption applications, drug‐delivery, nanoscale technology, and biotechnology. In this thesis, the synthesis, characterization and physical properties of a new type of Gemini surfactant derived from dinuclear Cu(II) metal complexes is presented. We call these molecules Gemini Metal‐Organic Surfactants (GMOs).
Three newly developed new GMOs (compounds 1‐3) are composed of Cu(II) ions ligated to a lipid‐functionalized triamine group and the metals are bridged by a bipyridyl spacer group. The head groups of the resulting GMOs were characterized via X‐ray crystallography. The GMO self‐assemble in water into stable metallo‐liposomes, which were characterized with mass spectrometry (MS), Infrared (IR), fluorescent optical microscopy and atomic force microscopy.
The Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC) of the GMOs were determined with Nile Red‐stained Fluorescent Optical Microscopy as a function of concentration and the results were 1.9 X10‐4M for 1, 4.1 X10‐4M for 2, and 4.9 X 10‐4M for 3.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2011
File Size
81 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Erich Ivan Valenzuela
Recommended Citation
Valenzuela, Erich Ivan, "Gemini metallo-Surfactants: Chemical and Physical Properties" (2011). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 2399.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/2399