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Long-chain alkyl sulfonate micelle fission: a molecular dynamics study

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In this study, we investigate micelle fission of long-chain alkyl sulfonate molecules using atomistic scale simulation. GROMACS software code with the united atom force field was applied. 0.5-μs parallel molecular dynamics simulation study was conducted for a surfactant/water system consisting of 192 sodium pentadecyl sulfonate and 40,553 water molecules. The large preassembled micelle was ruptured at Krafft above T = 323-K temperature, and we track two ellipsoid-like micelles over the course of the production run. To estimate the micelle shape, we determined the principal moments of inertia and the eccentricity, which proved that the micelles have a pronounced prolate spheroid shape, which agrees well with our previous experimental data. The mechanism of micelle fission was explored in detail. The aggregation number, ionization degree, and other parameters obtained from simulation were consistent with existing experimental finding. The determined parameters in addition to simple visual inspection of trajectories revealed monomer-micelle exchange—with the estimated relaxation time τ 1 = 10− 9s. We assume that the exchange process is conditioned by the unequal size of micelles leading to adjustment of aggregation number.

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The authors express gratitude to Dr. Hr. Astsatryan for technical assistance.

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  2. The Institute of Applied Problem of Physics of National Academy of Armenia, 25, Hr. Nersessian str, 0014, Yerevan, Armenia

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Poghosyan, A.H., Arsenyan, L.H. & Shahinyan, A.A. Long-chain alkyl sulfonate micelle fission: a molecular dynamics study. Colloid Polym Sci 292, 3147–3156 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-014-3364-z

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