Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON TERAHERTZ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 532-540Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TTHZ.2016.2575450
Keywords
Absorption coefficient; criticalmicelle concentration (CMC); refractive index; surfactant; terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS)
Funding
- National 973 Program of China [2015CB755401]
- Fundamental & Advanced Research Project of Chongqing, China [cstc2013jcyjC00001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21407145, 31400625]
- Application Development Project of Chongqing, China [cstc2013yykfC00007]
- Scientific Equipment Research Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Development of THz imaging spectrometer for biomacromolecules)
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A novel detection method is presented to determine the critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) of surfactants by using a simple and convenient terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) technology which has been successfully used to study the picosecond dynamics of water in reverse micelles. Absorption coefficients or refractive indices of aqueous solutions of an ionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate and a nonionic surfactant nonaethylene glycol monododecyl ether in 0.2-1.8 THz frequency range at different concentrations are measured through the THz-TDS. A clear intersection of THz absorption coefficient or refractive index caused by the micelle formation is observed. This phenomenon is strongly associated with the change of component ratio between surfactant, bulk water and hydration water during the formation of micelles. The corresponding concentration is determined as the CMC of the surfactant which is in good agreement with the most existing results using traditional methods. For comparison, absorption coefficients of the two surfactants in hydrochloric acid solutions are also measured and differences in contrast to those in aqueous solutions are observed and explained. Our findings indicate that THz spectroscopy technology can be applied to determine the CMCs of surfactants in a sensitive, accurate, and label-free way. Index Terms-Absorption coefficient, criticalmicelle concentra-
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