Ресурсный центр «Магнитно-резонансные методы исследования»

С 1 по 6 апреля прошла очередная 15 школа-конференция Spinus 2018. Приятно отметить, что многие пользователи рц МРМИ и, собственно, сами сотрудники приняли активное участие в этой конференции. Среди сотрудников участвовали: М.А. Вовк, С.И. Сухаржеский, П.М. Толстой, А.С. Мазур. Среди пользователей рц МРМИ: В.И. Чижик, И.С. Гиба, А.В. Иевлев, М. Костин, Д.А. Лузик, Д.А. Маркелов, В.В. Малоярова, А.В. Пенькова, С.О. Рабдано, В. Барнаускайте.

Мы надеемся, что в будущем интерес к конференции Spinus среди пользователей рц МРМИ будет возрастать, и молодые исследователи будут активно апробировать свои работы и представлять их широкому кругу коллег.

N.G. Voron’ko, S.R. Derkach, M.A. Vovk, P.M. Tolstoy

“Complexation of κ-carrageenan with gelatin in the aqueous phase analysed by 1H NMR kinetics and relaxation”

Carbohydrate Polymers, 2017, 169, 117–126
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2017.04.010

The ¹H NMR spectroscopy is used to study the kinetics of gelation in the aqueous mixtures of κ-carrageenan with gelatin. The time dependence of NMR signals intensities shows that the kinetics of gel formation consists of classical ‘fast’ (rate constant k ≈ 6 h⁻¹) and ‘slow’ (k ≈ 1 h⁻¹) periods, corresponding to a coil → helix transition and subsequent aggregation of helices. Upon increase of the κ-carrageenan/gelatin (w/w) ratio Z the rate of the fast process slows down by a factor of 1.6–2.4. Further analysis was done by studying the dependence of spin-spin relaxation times of protons of gelatin on Z in the aqueous phase. A qualitative scheme describing hydrogel formation in the complex solution is given. It is hypothesized that at higher concentration of PECs the hydrogel structure network is stabilized by three types of nodes: triple helices of gelatin and intra-/inter-molecular double helices of κ-carrageenan.

A.S. Koneva, E.A. Safonova, P.S. Kondrakhina, M.A. Vovk, A.A. Lezov, Yu.S. Chernyshev, N.A. Smirnova

“Effect of water content on structural and phase behavior ofwater-in-oil (n-decane) microemulsion system stabilized by mixednonionic surfactants SPAN 80/TWEEN 80”

Colloid Surface A, 2017, 518, 273-282
DOI:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2017.01.020

For the search of effective microemulsion systems with the properties demanded for various applica-tions the knowledge of structural properties of the reverse microemulsions for various compositionsand temperatures is of high value. In the present study, the microstructure and diffusion of the compo-nents of water-in-n-decane Winsor IV microemulsions stabilized by a mixture of nonionic surfactantsSpan 80 (sorbitane monooleate, HLB 4.9) and Tween 80 (polyoxyethylene sorbitan monooleate, HLB15.0) at the weight ratios 49:51 (i.e. at the maximal ability to solubilize water) were investigatedby viscosimetry, PGSTE NMR and DLS. The system phase diagram obtained at 298.2 K includes theintermediate heterogeneous region between the reverse micelles region and the microemulsions. Thewater-to-surfactant molar ratio was changed up to 15.5 (13 wt.% of water) at the weight ratios n-decane:surfactants 65:35 and 85:15. The microemulsion droplets are spherical (that is corresponded also to thecryo-TEM data) and grow with the increase of water content. The temperature effect on the aggregatesdiffusion (and on the aggregates size) in the range 298.2–318.2 K is not pronounced. The bimodal distri-butions of the diffusion coefficients determined using both DLS and PGSTE NMR methods are specific for the system. The slower diffusion mode relates to the diffusion of mixed microemulsion droplets with theradii Rh ∼10–20 nm. The second stable form of nanoaggregates are “dry” micelles with Rh ∼ 1–2 nm. Thedata on the diffusion coefficients are of special interest in particular for the molecular dynamic simulationof the reverse micelles or of the microemulsion droplets.