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  • Title: Effect of the hydrophilic size on the structural phases of aqueous nonionic gemini surfactant solutions.
    Author: Nieh MP, Kumar SK, Fernando RH, Colby RH, Katsaras J.
    Journal: Langmuir; 2004 Oct 12; 20(21):9061-8. PubMed ID: 15461487.
    Abstract:
    Aggregate structures of aqueous nonionic Gemini surfactant solutions, alpha,alpha'-[2,4,7,9-tetramethyl-5-decyne-4,7-diyl]bis[omega-hydroxyl-polyoxyethylene] with three different length polyoxyethylenes (i.e., 10, 20, and 30 ethylene oxide monomers, denoted from now on as S-10, S-20, and S-30, respectively), are investigated using small angle neutron scattering, dynamic light scattering, and fluorescence spectroscopy. For S-10 at low surfactant concentrations (Cs < 0.9 wt %), large "clusters", with an average hydrodynamic radius (RH) > 40 nm, are found to coexist with monomers. At intermediate Cs (0.9 < Cs < 2 wt %), some clusters break down forming micelles, with an (RH) approximately 2-3 nm, while the remaining clusters coexist with micelles. Increasing Cs further (>2 wt %) results in a pure micellar phase with little or no clusters present. S-20 and S-30 mixtures, on the other hand, differ from S-10 in that irrespective of surfactant concentration, large clusters and small monomers/dimers are found to coexist, while there is no direct evidence for the presence of micelles.
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