A photophysical study of the urea effect on micellar properties of sodium dodecylsulfate aqueous solutions |
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Authors: | C Carnero Ruiz |
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Institution: | (1) Departmento de Fisica Aplicada II Escuela Universitaria Politecnica, Universidad de Malaga, Campus de El Ejido, 29013 Malaga, Spain |
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Abstract: | With the aim of studying the effect of urea on micellar properties of aqueous solutions of sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), steadystate fluorescence experiments were carried out with different luminescence probes incorporated into the micellar phase. The increase of critical micelle concentration (CMC) of the surfactant with urea addition was followed by changes in the relative intensities of the vibrational fine structure of the pyrene fluorescence spectra. Micellar aggregation numbers were obtained from the analysis of fluorescence quenching data using ruthenium tris(bipyridyl) chloride and 9-mehylanthracene as a donorquencher pair. It was found that the decrease in the aggregation number is mainly controlled by rise in the surface area per headgroup of the surfactant. From fluorescence measurements, using several ionic probes (8-anilino-1-naphthalen-sulfonic acid, rhodamine B, and auramine O), it was found that urea decreases the polarity and increases the microviscosity of the micellar interface. These effects, which are dependent on the concentration of urea, can be explained according to a direct interaction of urea at the micellar surface. |
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Keywords: | SDS urea fluorescence techniques micellar properties |
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