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  • Title: Amphiphile micelle structures in the protic ionic liquid ethylammonium nitrate and water.
    Author: Chen Z, Greaves TL, Caruso RA, Drummond CJ.
    Journal: J Phys Chem B; 2015 Jan 08; 119(1):179-91. PubMed ID: 25490177.
    Abstract:
    Micelles formed by amphiphiles in a protic ionic liquid (PIL), ethylammonium nitrate (EAN), were investigated using synchrotron small-angle X-ray scattering and contrasted with those that formed in water. The amphiphiles studied were cationic hexadecyltrimethylammonium chloride (CTAC) and hexadecylpyridinium bromide (HDPB) and nonionic poly(oxyethylene) (10) oleyl ether (Brij 97) and Pluronic ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-ethylene oxide block copolymer (P123). The scattering patterns were analyzed using spherical, core-shell, and cylindrical scattering models. The apparent micelle shape and size of the surfactants and the block copolymer in the PIL have been reported. At low amphiphile concentrations (<10 wt %) spherical micelles were preferentially formed for all the amphiphiles in EAN. The micelles formed by the two cationic amphiphiles in EAN and water were similar, though different scattering models were required predominantly due to the ionic nature of EAN. The two nonionic amphiphiles formed micelles with similar core radii in water and in EAN. However, the micelle shells composed of ethylene oxide groups fitted to a significantly thicker layer in water compared to EAN. At high concentrations (>10 wt %) in EAN and water, there was a preference for cylindrical micelles for CTAC, HDPB, and Brij 97; however, the P123 micelles remained spherical.
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