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Effect of Polar Organic Solvents on Self-Aggregation of Some Cationic Monomeric and Dimeric Surfactants

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Surface and micellization behavior of some cationic monomeric surfactants, viz., cetyldiethylethanolammonium bromide (CDEEAB), cetyldimethylethanolammonium bromide (CDMEAB), tetradecyldiethylethanolammonium bromide (TDEEAB) and dimeric surfactants, i.e., alkanediyl-α, ω-bis(dimethylhexadecylammonium bromide) (C16-s-C16, 2Br− where s = 4, 12), butanediyl-1,4-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide (C12-4-C12, 2Br−) and 2-butanol-1,4-bis(dimethyldodecylammonium bromide) (C12-4(OH)-C12, 2Br−), was studied in water-organic solvents [10 and 20 % v/v ethylene glycol (EG) and diethylene glycol (DEG)] by conductivity, surface tension and steady-state fluorescence methods at 300 K. The main focus of the present work is on the study of the effect of organic solvents on the critical micelle concentration (CMC), Gibbs free energy of micellization (ΔG°m), Gibbs free energy of transfer (ΔG°trans), Gibbs adsorption energy (ΔG°ads) and some interfacial parameters such as the surface excess concentration (Γmax), minimum area per surfactant molecule (A min) and surface pressure (π CMC). The aggregation number (N agg) and Stern-Volmer quenching constant (K SV) were also determined by the steady-state fluorescence method. It was observed that N agg decreased with increasing volume percent of organic solvent. The results exhibited an increase in CMC in water-organic solvents as compared to the respective surfactants in pure water. The negative values of ΔG°m and ΔG°ads indicate a spontaneous micellization process. The thermodynamics of micellization revealed that the micellization-reducing efficiency of glycols increases with the concentration and the number of ethereal oxygens in the glycol.

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Financial support of this work by the CSIR, New Delhi [project no. 02/(0063)/12/EMR-II], is gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. School of Studies in Chemistry, Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, CG, India

    Srishti Sinha, Deepti Tikariha, Jyotsna Lakra & Kallol K. Ghosh

  2. Government Naveen College, Nawagarh, Janjgir-Champa, CG, India

    Deepti Tikariha

  3. Laboratoire de Spectrochimie Infrarouge et Raman (UMR 8516 du CNRS), Universite´ des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Bat C5, 59655, Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France

    Amit K. Tiwari

  4. Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, 333 031, Rajasthan, India

    Subit K. Saha

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Sinha, S., Tikariha, D., Lakra, J. et al. Effect of Polar Organic Solvents on Self-Aggregation of Some Cationic Monomeric and Dimeric Surfactants. J Surfact Deterg 18, 629–640 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11743-015-1686-6

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