Spectroscopic determination of Critical Micelle Concentration in aqueous and non-aqueous media using a non-invasive method
β Scribed by Uttam Anand; Chandrima Jash; Saptarshi Mukherjee
- Book ID
- 113688838
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 872 KB
- Volume
- 364
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9797
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β¦ Synopsis
In this present study, we report on new methodology for determining the Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC) of a neutral surfactant Triton X-100 (TX-100) both in aqueous and non-aqueous media based on a non-invasive approach. The presence of the phenyl moiety of TX-100 was made use of as an intrinsic fluorophore and steady-state and time-resolved spectroscopy has been used to characterize the micellar systems. There are reports that external fluorophores may bring about some structural changes in the systems and the perturbations caused by these fluorophores in micellar systems may affect the shape and size of the micelles. We have also used three probes namely ANS, Rh6G and C-480 to determine the CMC of TX-100 both in aqueous and non-aqueous media and the values obtained agree very well with those estimated by the non-invasive techniques. Interestingly, for our system, we have conclusively proved that the external probes have almost no effect on the process of micellization. Although, both the invasive and non-invasive technologies report almost the same values of CMC, yet the latter methodology is free from any external perturbations and this makes the micellar/reverse micellar system, which may interact with other biological systems less prone to any physical distortions.
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