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LANGMUIR
Volume 20, Issue 15, Pages 6120-6126Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la0496486
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Aqueous mixtures of photosensitive and inert surfactants have been prepared; photoreactions and changes in aggregation after irradiation have been characterized. The photosensitive component was a stilbene-containing gemini photosurfactant (E-SGP), and the inert surfactants were either DTAB (dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide) or one of two different gemini surfactants, 12-4-12 or 16-4-16 (butanediyl-1,4bis(dodecyldimethylammonium bromide) or butanediyl-1,4-bis(hexadecyldimethylammonium bromide)). Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) studies revealed that in general the initial nonirradiated mixed systems form vesicle-type aggregates (100-200 Angstrom radius), in equilibrium with some smaller charged spheroidal or ellipsoidal micelles (similar to20 Angstrom radius). In all cases, LTV irradiation resulted in disruption of these vesicles and the formation of charged micelles. H-1 NMR showed that the main photoproduct is the cis, anti, cis dimer of E-SGP (ZEZ-DiSGP); hence, photochemically induced changes in the reactive SGP drive significant changes in the preferred aggregation structure. These results demonstrate the utility of photoactive surfactants in mixtures with inert analogues.
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