Spectroscopic route to monitoring individual surfactant ions and micelles in aqueous solution: A case study

• Authors: Junfeng Geng , Brian Johnson , Andrew Wheatley , Jack Luo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Using a very popular and commonly used surfactant sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (SDBS, C18H29SO3Na) for a case study, we report a new method of monitoring different forms of surfactant molecules in aqueous solution and measuring their critical micelle concentration (CMC) by ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy. The forms of SDBS micelles are also investigated by synthesizing and characterizing NiB nanoparticles using the micelles as molecular templates. In addition, the observed shifts of UV-Vis bands are analysed from the viewpoint of the electrons locations and distributions within the molecules and the possible overlap of their electronic orbitals between neighbouring molecules in each micelle.

Keywords

EN

Surfactant; Single molecule; Micelle; UV-Vis spectroscopy; Critical micelle concentration

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 307-311

Dates

published

1 - 3 - 2014

online

21 - 12 - 2013

Contributors

author

Junfeng Geng

author

Brian Johnson

• University of Cambridge

author

Andrew Wheatley

• University of Cambridge

author

Jack Luo

• University of Bolton

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-013-0384-3