Structure and Reactivity in Microaggregates

这个项目由加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的Clifford Bunton进行，属于有机动力学项目，旨在研究聚集体表面的反应。当表面活性剂有机分子置于水中时，它们会形成称为胶束的聚集体。本研究将探讨这些胶束对发生在其表面的有机反应的影响；这也将提供关于胶束结构的信息。这项研究将包括对合成表面活性剂的胶体自组装的化学反应性的研究，以及对这些组装的结构的检查，主要是通过光散射和核磁共振光谱。这项工作的目的是了解控制亚微观界面化学反应性的因素，特别是在水中。这些界面上离子结合的理论模型将被测试。

This project by Clifford Bunton of the University of California at Santa Barbara, is within the Organic Dynamics Program, and is aimed at studying reactions at the surfaces of aggregates. When surfactant organic molecules are placed in water, they form aggregates known as micelles. This research will investigate the effect of these micelles on organic reactions which occur at their surfaces; this will also provide information about micellar structure. This research will involve a study of chemical reactvity in colloidal self-assemblies of synthetic surfactants and the examination of the structures of these assemblies, largely by light scattering and NMR spectroscopy. The aim of the work will be the understanding of the factors that control chemical reactivity at submicroscopic interfaces, especially in water. Theoretical models of ion-binding at these interfaces will be tested.