Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 27, Issue 23, Pages 14033-14044Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la202201r
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- DST (Department of Science and Technology, Government of India) [SR/S1/OC-35/2010]
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Twelve new gemini imidazolium surfactants have been synthesized, having dodecyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, and octadecyl chain lengths and three different spacers (i.e., -S- (CH2)(n)-S-), where n = 2, 3, and 4 and their surface properties have been evaluated by surface tension and conductivity methods. The thermal degradation of these new gemini surfactants was determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). These surfactants have low cmc values as compared to other categories of gemini cationic surfactants and exhibit peculiarities at sufficiently low concentration because they were able to form premicellar aggregates over a wide range of concentration below their cmc values. The DNA binding affinity of these gemini surfactants determined by agarose gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide exclusion experiments established their strong interaction with DNA, thereby protecting it against enzymatic degradation.
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