resumo
Novel ternary phase diagrams of aqueous biphasic systems (ABSs) composed of polypropylene glycol with an average molecular weight of 400 g mol(-1) (PPG-400) and a vast number of ionic liquids (ILs) were determined. The large array of selected ILs allowed us to evaluate their tuneable structural features, namely the effect of the anion nature, cation core and cation alkyl side chain length on the phase behaviour. Additional evidence on the molecular-level mechanisms which rule the phase splitting was obtained by H-1 NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) spectroscopy and by COSMO-RS (Conductor-like Screening Model for Real Solvents). Some systems, for which the IL-PPG-400 pairs are completely miscible, revealed to be of type "0''. All data collected suggest that the formation of PPG-IL-based ABSs is controlled by the interactions established between the IL and PPG, contrarily to previous reports where a "salting-out'' phenomenon exerted by the IL over the polymer in aqueous media was proposed as the dominant effect in ABS formation. The influence of temperature on the liquid-liquid demixing was also evaluated. In general, an increase in temperature favours the formation of an ABS in agreement with the lower critical solution temperature (LCST) phase behaviour usually observed in polymer-IL binary mixtures. Partition results of a dye (chloroanilic acid, in its neutral form) further confirm the possibility of tailoring the phases' polarities of IL-PPG-based ABSs.
palavras-chave
PLUS POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL); POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOL; 2-PHASE SYSTEMS; SALTING-OUT; POLY(PROPYLENE GLYCOL); PHASE-SEPARATION; BINARY-MIXTURES; EXTRACTION; WATER; PROTEINS
categoria
Chemistry; Physics
autores
Neves, CMSS; Shahriari, S; Lemus, J; Pereira, JFB; Freire, MG; Coutinho, JAP
nossos autores
Catarina Maia Seco Seiça Neves
Investigador Auxiliar
Jesus Lemus Torres
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 two projects, namely: CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 (ref. FCT UID/CTM/50011/2013), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when applicable co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement; research project FCT/FAPESP (ref. 2014/19793-3) co-financed by FAPESP (Sao Paulo Research Foundation Brazil) and FCT. The research leading to reported results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC grant agreement no. 337753. C. M. S. S. Neves and J. Lemus also acknowledge FCT for the postdoctoral grants SFRH/BPD/109057/2015 and SFRH/BPD/110550/2015, respectively. J. F. B. Pereira acknowledges financial support from FAPESP through the project 2014/16424-7.