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Physico-chemical investigations of the interaction of the cationic dye methyl green with polymeric-cationic binary micelles: an experimental and theoretical analysis

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The present paper reports the solubilization of a cationic dye, methyl green (MG), in a single and cationic-binary micellar medium. The surfactants were cationic, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB), non-ionic polymeric pluronic (P-123) and their binary system, of CTAB + P-123. The investigations were done through FT-IR, UV–visible spectroscopy, conductometry, and FE-SEM analysis at 300 K. There was shorter and stronger bonding between MG and mixed micelles than in single micellar systems. UV studies demonstrated higher solubilisation of the mixed micellar system than with the single micellar systems. The findings were corroborated with the conductivity studies. The counter-ion binding constants and thermodynamic parameters were calculated from the specific conductivity values. The free energy of micellization, ∆G0m, was -20.1 kJ mol−1 for MG + CTAB + P-123, and -18.38 kJ mol−1 for MG + CTAB systems. The higher negative free energy of micellization is suggestive of spontaneous and strong binding between MG dye and the binary micellar system CTAB + P-123. Generally, for dye-surfactant studies, oppositely charged dyes and surfactants are selected because there is expected repulsion between similarly charged molecules. From the above study, it is evident that it is possible to solubilize dyes in a similarly charged surfactant medium. This is probably the first report on the interaction of methyl green dye in mixed micellar medium.

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Abbreviations

MG:

Methyl green

CTAB:

Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide

P-123:

Pluronic

FMO:

Frontier molecular orbital

HOMO:

Highest occupied molecular orbitals

LUMO:

Lowest unoccupied molecular orbitals

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R., V., Karunanithi, P., Ramarajan, R. et al. Physico-chemical investigations of the interaction of the cationic dye methyl green with polymeric-cationic binary micelles: an experimental and theoretical analysis. Colloid Polym Sci 302, 261–276 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-023-05194-y

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