Temperature-induced micelle to vesicle transition in the sodium dodecylsulfate/dodecyltriethylammonium bromide system.
Temperature-induced micelle to vesicle transition in the sodium dodecylsulfate/dodecyltriethylammonium bromide system.
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10.1002/anie.200350913
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2003-05
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Haiqing Yin;Zukang Zhou;Jianbin Huang;Rong Zheng;Yongyi Zhang
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Haiqing Yin;Zukang Zhou;Jianbin Huang;Rong Zheng;Yongyi Zhang
2188 2003 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim DOI: 10.1002/anie. 200350913 Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 2188–2191 transition from an ordered state to a disordered one [3] or from a higher ordered state to a lower ordered one (such as the transition from a vesicle to a micelle [4]) on increasing the temperature usually occurs among organized assemblies. However, studies of the reverse temperature-induced transitions, such as micelle to vesicle transition (MVT), are so far rare. Herein, we report for the first time a temperatureinduced MVT in a cationic–anionic surfactant system. The sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS)/dodecyltriethylammonium bromide (DEAB) system was prepared in a molar ratio of 2: 1 and a total concentration (Ctotal) of 10 mm. The results of the turbidity measurements are shown in Figure 1 a. A clear increase in turbidity was observed as the temperature increased from 30 to 508C, which suggests the growth of aggregates in the system. No phase separation or precipitate was observed during the transition, which is different from the “cloud point” phenomena seen in some ionic surfactant systems.[5]Dynamic light scattering (DLS) studies, a freeze fracture technique with observation by electron microscopy (FF-EM), and rheology measurements were used to investigate the temperature-induced transition in the system. The aggregate has an average hydrodynamic radius (hRhi) of 25 nm at 208C (Figure 2 a). A steady flow curve (Figure 3) revealed the non-Newtonian nature of the system and thus indicated the existence of asymmetric aggregates. A remarkable shearthickening feature was also evident in the flow curve. It has been well documented [6] that the growth or flow alignment of cylindrical micelles was responsible for the shear-thickening behavior in dilute surfactant solutions. However, a few small spherical vesicles were also observed by FF-EM (Figure 4a). Thus, we can conclude that cylindrical micelles are the major aggregates which coexist with a few small spherical vesicles in the system. Similar results were obtained at 258C from DLS (Figure 2b) and rheology curves, which indicate there was no apparent change between 20 and 258C. However, the situation became different as the temperature increased to 308C. A DLS plot (Figure 2 c) showed that the peak corresponding to the small aggregates (Rh∼ 25 nm) shrank relative to that at 258C, while another peak appeared (Rh∼ 100 nm). The polydispersity index (PI, calculated by the Cumulant method) grew from 0.282 (258C) to 0.339 (308C), which was indicative of the increase in the vesicle/micelle ratio in the system.[7] Vesicles with a diameter of 150–200 nm were observed by FF-TEM (Figure 4b), which coincides with the newly appeared peak in the DLS plot. Moreover, there