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Microscopic location of photosensitive Malachite Green surfactant in mixed micelle and its photoinduced enhancement of solubilizing power

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Abstract

A Malachite Green derivative carrying a long alkyl chain affords photogenerated amphiphilicity by UV irradiation. The behavior of the photoresponsive Malachite Green surfactant was studied in mixed micelle solutions containing cetyltrimethylammonium chloride. We found that the Malachite Green surfactant increases the solubility of oily substance by UV irradiation. The role of the Malachite Green surfactant has been investigated by dynamic light scattering and spectroscopic analysis. The Malachite Green surfactant causes an increase in the micelle size, and its hydrophilic head group lies at the micellar interface. The mechanism of the photoinduced uptake of oily substances is discussed at the viewpoint of the microscopic location of the Malachite Green surfactant in the micelle.

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Dynamic light scattering measurement was carried out at Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and we wish to thank Dr. J. Kikuchi and Dr. Y. Sasaki for discussing the results obtained there.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, Nara National College of Technology, Yata 22, Yamato-koriyama, Nara, 639-1080, Japan

    Ryoko M. Uda

  2. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University, Sakae-dani 930, Wakayama, 640-8510, Japan

    Keiichi Kimura

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Uda, R.M., Kimura, K. Microscopic location of photosensitive Malachite Green surfactant in mixed micelle and its photoinduced enhancement of solubilizing power. Colloid Polym Sci 285, 699–704 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-006-1620-6

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