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  • Title: Monte Carlo simulations for amphiphilic aggregation near a water phase transition.
    Author: Heinzelmann G, Figueiredo W, Girardi M.
    Journal: J Chem Phys; 2009 Oct 14; 131(14):144901. PubMed ID: 19831463.
    Abstract:
    In this study we analyze the equilibrium and dynamical properties of a lattice model for amphiphilic aggregation in a waterlike associating solvent. The amphiphiles are described as flexible chains of interconnected sites in a body-centered cubic lattice, with hydrophilic and hydrophobic portions. The solvent molecules occupy a single site and resemble the water tetrahedral molecular structure, with the possibility of hydrogen-bond formation and different densities. Following the phase diagram of the solvent model, we are able to study the effects of a phase transition of the solvent in the micellar dynamics. By carrying out Monte Carlo simulations, we analyze the micelle aggregate size distribution curve, the critical micelle concentration, the surfactant diffusion coefficient, the residence time, and the exit/entering rates of the amphiphiles from/to aggregates of different sizes. We also investigate the dipolar reorientational time correlation function for interfacial water and water molecules in the solvent bulk, as well as the number of hydrogen bonds per molecule in both cases.
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