resumo
The formation of aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) when mixing aqueous solutions of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and an ionic liquid (IL) can be controlled by modifying the hydrogen-bond-donating/-accepting ability of the polymer end groups. It is shown that the miscibility/immiscibility in these systems stems from both the solvation of the ether groups in the oxygen chain and the ability of the PEG terminal groups to preferably hydrogen bond with water or the anion of the salt. The removal of even one hydrogen bond in PEG can noticeably affect the phase behavior, especially in the region of the phase diagram in which all the ethylene oxide (EO) units of the polymeric chain are completely solvated. In this region, removing or weakening the hydrogen-bond-donating ability of PEG results in greater immiscibility, and thus, in a higher ability to form ABS, as a result of the much weaker interactions between the IL anion and the PEG end groups.
palavras-chave
CHOLINIUM-BASED SALTS; 2-PHASE SYSTEMS; MIXTURES; POLYMERS; BOOST
categoria
Chemistry; Physics
autores
Pereira, JFB; Kurnia, KA; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP; Rogers, RD
nossos autores
Kiki Adi Kurnia
Bolseiro de pós-Doutoramento
Mara Guadalupe Freire Martins
Investigador CoordenadorGrupos
G4 - Materiais Renováveis e Economia Circular
G5 - Materiais Biomiméticos, Biológicos e Vivos
G6 - Materiais Virtuais e Inteligência Artificial
Projectos
Igy Technology: A Purication Platform using Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems (IGYPURTECH)
agradecimentos
We thank the Novartis-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Continuous Manufacturing (CCM) for financial support. Jorge F. B. P. acknowledges financial support (process reference 2014/16424-7) from FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation Brazil). ara .G. F. acknowledges the European Research Council (ERC) for the Starting Grant ERC-2013-StG-337753. The authors thank Parker D. McCrary for help in the synthesis of PEG-amine- based polymers.