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    Surfactant modulated interaction of hydrophobically modified ethoxylated urethane (HEUR) polymers with impenetrable surfaces
    (Academic Press Inc., 2019) Ibrahim M.S.; Rogers S.; Mahmoudy N.; Murray M.; Szczygiel A.; Green B.; Alexander B.D.; Griffiths P.C.; Faculty of Engineering and Science; University of Greenwich; Medway Campus; Chatham Maritime; Kent ME4 4TB; United Kingdom; Pharmaceutics Department; Faculty of Pharmacy; Modern Science and Arts University; 26 July Mehwar Road Intersection with Wahat Road; Cairo; Egypt; Science and Technology Facilities Council; ISIS Facility; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory; Didcot; Oxfordshire OX11 OQX; United Kingdom; AkzoNobel; Wexham Road; Slough; Berkshire SL2 5DS; United Kingdom
    Hypothesis: The presence of surfactant modulates the surface-chemistry-specific interaction of hard colloidal particles (latex) with HEUR polymers, principally through introducing a preferential solution interaction rather than a competitive surface interaction; addition of surfactant leads to a preponderance of polymer/surfactant solution complexes rather than surface-bound complexes. Experiments: A range of model formulations comprising a hexyl end-capped urethane polymer (C6-L-(EO100-L)9-C6), sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) and a series of polystyrene-butylacrylate latices (PS-BA-L) have been characterised in terms of rheology, particle surface area (solvent relaxation NMR), polymer conformation (small-angle neutron scattering) and solution composition to build up a detailed picture of the distribution of the HEUR in the presence of both surfactant and latex. Findings: There is very weak adsorption of C6-L-(EO100-L)9-C6 to only the most hydrophobic latex surface studied, an adsorption that is further weakened by the addition of low levels of surfactant. Macroscopic changes in the hydrophobic latex system may be interpreted in terms of bridging flocculation at low polymer concentrations. No adsorption of C6-L-(EO100-L)9-C6 is observed in the case of hydrophilic surfaces. In most cases, the observed behaviour of the ternary system (polymer/surfactant/particle) is highly reminiscent of the binary (polymer/surfactant) system at the appropriate composition, suggesting that the polymer/surfactant solution interaction is the dominant one. 2018