Revealing New Structural Insights from Surfactant Micelles through DLS, Microrheology and Raman Spectroscopy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Dynamic Light Scattering
2.2. DLS-Optical Microrheology
Samples | Diffusion Coefficient (µm2/s) |
---|---|
SLES (14% w/w with no NaCl) | 165 |
CapB (2% w/w with 73 mM NaCl) | 94.1 |
SLES/CapB (14% w/w :2% w/w with 73 mM NaCl | 46.6 |
Viscoelastic Response and Evolution of Maxwellian Response
2.3. Raman Spectroscopy: Molecular Structural Changes
3. Experimental Section
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Amin, S.; Blake, S.; Kennel, R.C.; Lewis, E.N. Revealing New Structural Insights from Surfactant Micelles through DLS, Microrheology and Raman Spectroscopy. Materials 2015, 8, 3754-3766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8063754
Amin S, Blake S, Kennel RC, Lewis EN. Revealing New Structural Insights from Surfactant Micelles through DLS, Microrheology and Raman Spectroscopy. Materials. 2015; 8(6):3754-3766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8063754
Chicago/Turabian StyleAmin, Samiul, Steven Blake, Rachel C. Kennel, and E. Neil Lewis. 2015. "Revealing New Structural Insights from Surfactant Micelles through DLS, Microrheology and Raman Spectroscopy" Materials 8, no. 6: 3754-3766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma8063754