Langmuir, Vol.15, No.10, 3476-3482, 1999
Temperature dependence of the chemical potential of tetradecyldimethylalninoxide micelles in D2O - A SANS study
By means of small-angle neutron-scattering (SANS) experiments, the dependence on concentration and temperature of the mean aggregation number [N] of rodlike tetradecyldimethylaminoxide (TDMAO) micelles in D2O was determined for 278 K < T < 370 K and for 2.69 mM/L < c < 118 mM/L. By an analysis via the so-called ladder model, the difference of the chemical potentials for a monomer located in the end cap and one in the cylindrical part of the spherocylindrical micelles, respectively, was extracted. This difference depends on the concentration c of TDMAO and strongly on temperature T.
Keywords:PHASE-SEPARATION;THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;IONIC SURFACTANTS;SULFATE MICELLES;SELF-DIFFUSION;WATER;SOLUBILITY;TRANSITION;SYSTEMS;POINTS