Solvation dynamics in triton-X-100 and triton-X-165 micelles: Effect of micellar size and hydration

Details Solvation dynamics in triton-X-100 and triton-X-165 micelles: Effect of micellar size and hydration Solvation dynamics in triton-X-100 and triton-X-165 micelles: Effect of micellar size and hydration

Sep 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004jchph.121.6026k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Chemical Physics, Volume 121, Issue 12, pp. 6026-6033 (2004).

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Chemical Physics

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Association, Addition, Insertion, Cluster Formation, Surfactants, Micellar Solutions, Vesicles, Lamellae, Amphiphilic Systems, Colloids, Line And Band Widths, Shapes, And Shifts, Fluorescence And Phosphorescence Spectra, Rate Constants, Reaction Cross Sections, And Activation Energies

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Dynamic Stokes' shift measurements using coumarin 153 as the fluorescence probe have been carried out to study solvation dynamics in two nonionic micelles, viz., triton-X-100 (TX-100) and triton-X-165 (TX-165). In both the micelles, the solvent relaxation dynamics is biexponential in nature. While the fast solvation time τs1 is seen to be almost similar for both the micelles, the slow solvation time τs2 is found to be appreciably smaller in TX-165 than in TX-100 micelle. Dynamic light scattering measurements indicate that the TX-165 micelles are substantially smaller in size than that of TX-100. Assuming similar core size for both the micelles, as expected from the similar chemical structures of the nonpolar ends for both the surfactants, the Palisade layer is also indicated to be substantially thinner for TX-165 micelles than that of TX-100. The aggregation number of TX-165 micelles is also found to be substantially smaller than that of TX-100 micelles. Fluorescence spectral studies of C153 dye in the two micelles indicate that the Palisade layer of TX-165 micelles is more polar than that of TX-100 micelles. Fluorescence anisotropy measurements indicate that the microviscosity in the Palisade layer of TX-165 micelles is also lower than that of TX-100 micelles. Based on these results it is inferred that the structure of the Palisade layer of TX-165 micelles is quite loose and have higher degree hydration in comparison to that of TX-100 micelles. Due to these structural differences in the Palisade layers of TX-165 and TX-100 micelles the solvation dynamics is faster in the former micelles than in the latter. It has been further inferred that in the present systems the collective response of the water molecules at somewhat away from the probes is responsible for the faster component of the solvation time, which does not reflect much of the structural changes of the micellar Palisade layer. On the contrary, the slower solvation time component, which is mainly due to the single particle response arising from water molecules adjacent to the probe in the micellar Palisade layer, is largely affected by the structural changes in the micellar Palisade layer.

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