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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik
CPP 37: Poster Session 2
CPP 37.22: Poster
Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 15:00–19:00, P3
Microemulsion on model surfaces, study of wetting behavior and uptake capacity — •Salomé Vargas-Ruiz1, Christoph Schulreich2, Alexandra Abraham1, Martin Jung3, Regine v. Klitzing1, Thomas Hellweg2, and Stefan Wellert1 — 1Stranski Laboratory, Technical University Berlin, Str. d. 17.Juni 124, 10623 Berlin, Germany — 2Physical Chemistry III, University Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany — 3Armed Forces Scientific Inst. f. NBC Protection, Humboldtstraße1, 29633 Munster, Germany
We present microemulsion systems as a new and effective cleaning medium for surfaces contaminated with highly toxic organophosphate compounds. The effectiveness of the microemulsions as cleaning agents depends not only on their ability to extract and solubilized the contaminant from the treated area, but also on the initial interactions of these complex fluids and the solid surface. Hence, we study the wetting and uptake processes of microemulsion on model surfaces, constituted by functionalized silicon wafers and porous polymer films of poly(butyl methacrylate-co-ethylene dimethacrylate). It was established that independent of the surface treated, the structure and the concentration of oil in the microemulsion have the major impact on the studied processes. According to the obtained results, we formulate a set of microemulsions able to wet and penetrate surfaces with wide range of chemical nature and morphologies.