Rich aggregate morphologies induced by organic salts in aqueous solutions of a cationic gemini surfactant with a short spacer

Rong Jiang; Jianxi Zhao; Xiaoming Hu; Xiaomei Pei; Lixiang Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2009.08.023

Rich aggregate morphologies induced by organic salts in aqueous solutions of a cationic gemini surfactant with a short spacer

J Colloid Interface Sci. 2009 Dec 1;340(1):98-103. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.08.023. Epub 2009 Aug 20.

Authors

Rong Jiang¹, Jianxi Zhao, Xiaoming Hu, Xiaomei Pei, Lixiang Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, People's Republic of China.

PMID: 19762036
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2009.08.023

Abstract

Various aggregates, such as spherical and elongated micelles, tubular and rodlike aggregates, as well as vesicles, are induced by adding sodium 2-naphthalenesulfonate (SNphs) or sodium benzenesulfonate (SBzs) into the aqueous solution of a gemini surfactant C12C2C12(Me) (1,2-ethanediyl-bis-(dodecyldimethylammonium bromide)). The aggregate morphology strongly depends on the added amount of the organic salts. Among the various aggregates, the elongated micelle and the tubular aggregate have larger solubilizing capacities than those with the other morphologies. However, SNphs and SBzs cannot induce similar aggregate transitions for the systems of C12CsC12(Me) (s=6, 8, 12). The possible mechanism of these phenomena is proposed based on the results of UV spectra and 1H NMR measurements and the molecular packing geometry rule.