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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2006
James R. Mcelhanon, Manteca, CA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Zifer, Manteca, CA (US);
Gregory M. Jamison, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Douglas A. Loy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kamyar Rahimian, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Timothy M. Long, Urbana, IL (US);
David R. Wheeler, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Chad L. Staiger, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James R. McElhanon, Manteca, CA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Zifer, Manteca, CA (US);
Gregory M. Jamison, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Douglas A. Loy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kamyar Rahimian, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Timothy M. Long, Urbana, IL (US);
David R. Wheeler, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Chad L. Staiger, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Livermore, CA (US);
Abstract
Two new surfactant molecules are reported which contain thermally labile Diels-Alder adducts connecting the polar and non-polar sections of each molecule. The two surfactants possess identical non-polar dodecyl tail segments but exhibit different polar headgroups. The surfactants become soluble in water when anionic salts are formed through the deprotonation of the surfactant headgroups by the addition of potassium hydroxide. When either surfactant is exposed to temperature above about 60° C., the retro Diels-Alder reaction occurs, yielding hydrophilic and hydrophobic fragments or the aqueous solutions of the surfactants subsequently exhibit loss of all surface-active behavior.