Small-angle neutron scattering study of the structural effects of substitution of tetramethylammonium for sodium as the counterion in dodecyl sulfate micelles
Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) data have been obtained at 303 K for aqueous micellar solutions of CH/sub 3/(CH/sub 2/)/sub 11/SO/sub 4/Na (sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)) and CH/sub 3/(CH/sub 2/)/sub 11/SO/sub 4/N(CH/sub 3/)/sub 4/ (tetramethylammonium dodecyl sulfate (TMADS)) and their deuterated analogues CH/sub 3/(CH/sub 2/)/sub 10/CD/sub 2/SO/sub 4/Na (D/sub 2/-SDS) and CH/sub 3/(CH/sub 2/)/sub 11/SO/sub 4/N(CD/sub 3/)/sub 4/ (D/sub 12/-TMADS). Results have been obtained for 0.4 mol dm/sup -3/ surfactant in various H/sub 2/O/D/sub 2/O mixtures and for TMADS as a function of surfactant concentration in D/sub 2/O. The SANS data are well described by charged, monodisperse hard spheres interacting through a screened Coulomb potential. The asphericity and the polydispersity of the systems were estimated to be small. The deuterium for the deuterated surfactants lies mainly in the Stern region of the micelle and increases contrast between the hydrocarbon core and the water-saturated Stern layer. Therefore, these deuterated micellar systems were used to determine the radius of the dry core, which was then used in the determination of the structural parameters for the micellar systems. The degree of hydration was determined without resorting to the assignment of values for the water of hydration for the individual ions present. It was found that TMADS micelles are smaller and have a higher charge, smaller degree of aggregation, and less but more deeply penetrating water than do SDS micelles. Both SDS and TMADS micelles had substantial amounts of hydrocarbon residing in the aqueous Stern layer.
- Research Organization:
- Wake Forest Univ., Winston-Salem, NC
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- OSTI ID:
- 7203792
- Journal Information:
- J. Phys. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 90:24
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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