Polyurethane Nonionic Surfactants and Their Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Characterization of Their Structures

Abstract

        FIVE NOVEL nonionic polyurethane surfactants were ……prepared by the reaction of polyethylene glycol with different molecular weight by toluene diisocyanate to obtain the polyurethane polymer, which was reacted by oleic acid to obtain the nonionic surfactants. The chemical structures of the prepared surfactants were determined using FTIR spectra and their molecular weights were determined using GPC analysis. Silver nanohybrids of the nonionic polyurethane surfactants were prepared via physical combination by chemically prepared silver nanoparticles. The silver nanohybrids were determined by UV, TEM, SEM, and DLS spectroscopy. 

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