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  • Title: Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) study on nonionic fluorinated micelles in aqueous system.
    Author: Shrestha LK, Sharma SC, Sato T, Glatter O, Aramaki K.
    Journal: J Colloid Interface Sci; 2007 Dec 15; 316(2):815-24. PubMed ID: 17765914.
    Abstract:
    We have investigated the self-organization structures of perfluoroalkyl sulfonamide ethoxylate, C(8)F(17)SO(2)N(C(3)H(7))(CH(2)CH(2)O)(10)H, a nonionic fluorinated surfactant in aqueous system by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique. Structural modulation of the nonionic fluorinated micelle induced by temperature change, surfactant concentration, and the added fluorinated oils have been systematically studied. The SAXS data were analyzed by the indirect Fourier transformation (IFT), and the generalized indirect Fourier transformation (GIFT) depending on the volume fraction of the surfactant. Various plausible classical model calculations have been performed to confirm the consistency of the GIFT analysis of the SAXS data. Upon successive increase in temperature, the cylindrical micelles formed at lower temperatures undergo a continuous one-dimensional growth and ultimately near the cloud point an indication of flat planar like structural pattern is observed. The evolution in structure of particle near the demixing temperature may be due to onset of attractive interactions. The shape and size of the micelle is apparently unaffected by changing the surfactant concentration from 1 to 5 wt% at 25 degrees C. Nevertheless, addition of small amount of perfluoropolyether (PFPE) oil, of structure F(CF(2)CF(2)CF(2)O)(n)CF(2)CF(2)COOH (n approximately 21) modulate the micellar shape and size. Long cylindrical micelles eventually transform into globular like particles. The onset cylinder-to-sphere transition in the structure of micelles in the surfactant/water/oil system is probably due to amphiphilic nature of the oil, which tends to increase the spontaneous curvature. The lipophilic part of the oil tends to reside in the micellar core, whereas, the hydrophilic part goes close to the polar head group of the surfactant so that effective cross-sectional area per surfactant molecules increases and as a result spherical micelles tend to form. Perfluorodecalin (PFD) also decreases size of the micelles but its effect is poor compared to the PFPE oil.
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