resumo
An extensive study on the formation of aqueous biphasic systems (ABS) using aqueous solutions of protic ionic liquids (PILs) and polyethylene glycol (PEG) was performed in order to understand the mechanisms underlying the phase separation. Aqueous solutions of PEG polymers with different molecular weights (600, 1000, 2000, and 3400 g mol(-1)) and several N-alkyl-, dialkyl-, and trialkyl-ammonium salts of acetate, propanoate, butanoate, hexanoate and octanoate were prepared and their ability to form ABS at several temperatures assessed. The ternary liquid-liquid phase diagrams were determined at several temperatures, as well as binary PIL (or salt)-PEG-1000 and salt-water solubility data to better clarify the mechanisms responsible for the phase separation. All data gathered indicate that the formation of PEG-PIL-based ABS is mainly governed by the PIL-PEG mutual interactions, where PILs with a higher solubility in the polymer exhibit a lower aptitude to form ABS displaying thus a smaller biphasic region, for which a direct correlation was identified. The effects of the molecular weight and temperature of the polymer were also addressed. The increase of the PEG hydrophobicity or molecular weight favours the phase separation, whereas the effect of temperature was found to be more complex and dependent on the nature of the PIL, with an increase or decrease of the biphasic regime with an increase in temperature.
palavras-chave
CHOLINIUM-BASED SALTS; 2-PHASE SYSTEMS; PHASE-BEHAVIOR; BINARY-MIXTURES; POLYMERS; WATER; TEMPERATURE; EXTRACTION; SEPARATION; HYDROPHOBICITY
categoria
Chemistry; Physics
autores
Claudio, AFM; Pereira, JFB; McCrary, PD; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP; Rogers, RD
nossos autores
Ana Filipa M. Cláudio
Bolseiro de pós-Doutoramento
Mara Guadalupe Freire Martins
Investigador CoordenadorGrupos
G4 - Materiais Renováveis e Economia Circular
G5 - Materiais Biomiméticos, Biológicos e Vivos
Projectos
CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials (UID/CTM/50011/2013)
Igy Technology: A Purication Platform using Ionic-Liquid-Based Aqueous Biphasic Systems (IGYPURTECH)
agradecimentos
This work was developed in the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (Ref. FCT UID/CTM/50011/2013 and PEst-C/CTM/LA0011/2013), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when applicable co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. Ana Filipa M. Claudio acknowledges financial support from FCT for the post-doctoral grant SFRH/BPD/110825/2015 and Jorge F. B. Pereira the support from FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation Brazil) through the Young Researcher Project (2014/16424-7). Robin D. Rogers acknowledges funding from the Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program. Mara G. Freire acknowledges the funding received from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Frame work Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 337753.