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Self-assembly in a catanionic mixture with an aminoacid-derived surfactant: From mixed micelles to spontaneous vesicles

Brito, Rodrigo O. ; Marques, Eduardo F. ; Gomes, Paula ; Falcao, Soraia and Söderman, Olle LU (2006) In The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B 110(37). p.18158-18165
Abstract
The aqueous self-assembly of a novel lysine-derived surfactant with a gemini-like architecture, designated here as 12-Lys-12, has been experimentally investigated for the amphiphile alone in water and in a mixture with dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). The neat surfactant forms interesting micrometer-sized rigid tubules in the dilute region, resulting in very viscous solutions. For the catanionic mixture with DTAB, various single and multiphase regions were identified (up to a total surfactant concentration of 1.5 wt %) by means of combined polarizing light microscopy, cryo-TEM, and NMR. In the DTAB-rich side, for a mixing molar ratio in the range 2 < DTAB/12-Lys-12 < 4, a region of stable, unilamellar vesicles can be found.... (More)
The aqueous self-assembly of a novel lysine-derived surfactant with a gemini-like architecture, designated here as 12-Lys-12, has been experimentally investigated for the amphiphile alone in water and in a mixture with dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB). The neat surfactant forms interesting micrometer-sized rigid tubules in the dilute region, resulting in very viscous solutions. For the catanionic mixture with DTAB, various single and multiphase regions were identified (up to a total surfactant concentration of 1.5 wt %) by means of combined polarizing light microscopy, cryo-TEM, and NMR. In the DTAB-rich side, for a mixing molar ratio in the range 2 < DTAB/12-Lys-12 < 4, a region of stable, unilamellar vesicles can be found. Furthermore, it was found that upon addition of 12-Lys-12 to pure DTAB solutions, the mixed micelles grow and beyond a given mixing ratio, vesicles assemble and coexist with small micelles. The transition is not continuous, since there is a narrow mixing range where phase separation occurs. Self-diffusion measurements and cryo-TEM imaging show that the average vesicle radius is on the order of 30-40 nm. (Less)
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  author       = {{Brito, Rodrigo O. and Marques, Eduardo F. and Gomes, Paula and Falcao, Soraia and Söderman, Olle}},
  issn         = {{1520-5207}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{37}},
  pages        = {{18158--18165}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B}},
  title        = {{Self-assembly in a catanionic mixture with an aminoacid-derived surfactant: From mixed micelles to spontaneous vesicles}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp061946j}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp061946j}},
  volume       = {{110}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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