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Effect of a Biosurfactant on Micellar Behavior of Cationic Surfactants in Aqueous Solution

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Herein, the mixed micellization behavior between bile salt (sodium cholate, SCH) and two cationic surfactants (tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide, TTAB and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) has been investigated in aqueous solution by UV–Vis spectrophotometric and conductometric methods at 298.15 K. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of SCH-surfactant mixtures was measured by using the tautomers of 1-phenyl-1, 3-butadione (or benzoylacetone, BZA). The CMC values of the mixtures at various mole fractions (yi) were lower than the pure surfactants (due to the strong electrostatic attraction between anionic and cationic components after mixing). Regular solution theory (RST) was used to estimate the synergistic (or non-ideal behavior) of the mixed micelles. Different parameters of micellization such as the micellar compositions (\(X_{1}^{m}\) and \(X_{2}^{m}\)), interaction parameter (\(\beta^{m}\)) and the activity coefficients of components in the mixed micelle (\(f_{1}^{m}\) and \(f_{2}^{m}\)) along with thermodynamic parameters are calculated and discussed.

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Moradi, A., Bagheri, A. Effect of a Biosurfactant on Micellar Behavior of Cationic Surfactants in Aqueous Solution. J Solution Chem 51, 499–516 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10953-022-01149-z

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