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The interaction between hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon surfactants onα-alumina has been studied through the dispersion behavior ofα-alumina. When a low concentration of anionic hydrocarbon or fluorocarbon surfactant as a first additive is added to positively charged alumina, the alumina flocculates. The flocculated alumina redisperses upon addition of different surfactant from the first one by the manner that the hydrophobic parts of hydrocarbon and fluorocarbon surfactants are in contact with hydrophobic parts of the first surfactants and the hydrophilic polar groups direct out to liquid phase, resulting in the formation of mixed bilayers on the alumina. From the measurements of mean particle size, zeta potential of the alumina, and adsorbed amount of surfactants, the mixed bilayers consisting of anionic fluorocarbon-noniomc hydrocarbon surfactants and of anionic fluorocarbon-noioic hydrocarbon ones are found to be formed more preferentially than anionic hydrocarbon-anioic fluorocarbon surfactants. The property of the mixed bilayer on the alumina is also discussed using the fluorescence spectra of pyrene.
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Esumi, K., Sakamoto, Y. & Meguro, K. Characteristics of mixed bilayers of surfactants formed on alumina. Colloid & Polymer Sci 267, 525–530 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01416060
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