1. Interactions of an azobenzene-functionalized anionic amphiphile with cationic amphiphiles in aqueous solution
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Rixt T. Buwalda, Jan B.F.N. Engberts, Marc C. A. Stuart, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Stratingh Institute of Chemistry, Elektronenmicroscopie, and Synthetische Organische Chemie
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VESICLE FORMATION ,Absorption spectroscopy ,Inorganic chemistry ,Micelle ,PHASE-BEHAVIOR ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Amphiphile ,Polymer chemistry ,Electrochemistry ,Methyl orange ,LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILM ,General Materials Science ,SODIUM DODECYL-SULFATE ,SURFACTANTS ,Spectroscopy ,Aqueous solution ,Hydrotrope ,Cationic polymerization ,BILAYER ASSEMBLIES ,Surfaces and Interfaces ,Condensed Matter Physics ,SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES ,chemistry ,Azobenzene ,AZO-DYES ,POLY-L-LYSINE ,METHYL-ORANGE - Abstract
Interactions between the azobenzene-containing amphiphile methyl octyl orange (MOO) and n-alkyltrimethylammonium bromides (CnTAB, n = 1, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16) in aqueous solution have been studied using UV−vis spectroscopy. Interactions occur at concentrations below the critical micelle concentrations of the individual cationic surfactants (n = 8, 10, 12, 16) as indicated by a ca. 80 nm blue shift of the main absorption band of MOO. In addition, aggregation of MOO with C6TAB, which is a hydrotrope rather than a surfactant, was also observed. The critical aggregation concentration (cac) of MOO determined by surface tension experiments was 0.68 mM. The cac's of aqueous mixtures of CnTAB and MOO (1:1) were considerably lower than those of the individual surfactants. The absorption spectrum of MOO at concentrations above the cac in the 1:1 mixtures was also blue shifted with respect to the absorption spectrum of MOO in aqueous solution. Vesicular aggregates formed in equimolar aqueous mixtures of CnTAB and MOO we...
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- 2002