the effect of temperature on the surface activity of surface-modified silica nanoparticles

In this study the surface of silica nanoparticles were coated with eiher propyl trimethoxy silane, as a hydrophobic agent, or polyethylene glycol methyl ether as a hydrophilic agent also, silica nanoparticles coated with both propyl and mpeg chains water surface tension in the presence of either of bare or surface-modified silica nanoparticles were measured at various temperatures it was observed that the bare silica nanoparticle has little effect on the surface tension regardless of the temperature the mpegylated-silica nanoparticle reduces the surface tension more than the propyl-coated nanoparticle also, nanoparticles coated with both propyl and mpeg chains reduce the surface tension more than our other surface-modified nanoparticles in spite of the general reduction of the surface tension with temperature in the presence of the nanoparticles, the surface tension increases beyond a temperature in the presence of nanoparticles coated with both propyl and mpeg chains