Issue 3, 1997

Reorganisation of alkyl chains in vesicles formed in aqueous solution by dialkyldimethylammonium bromide, R2N+Me2Br- where R=C12H25, C14H29, C16H33 or C18H37

Abstract

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) scans are reported for aqueous solutions containing vesicles formed by four dialkyl-dimethylammonium bromides; R 2 N + Me 2 Br - where R=dodecyl (DDAB), tetradecyl (DTAB), hexadecyl (DHAB) or octadecyl (DOAB). Electron micrographs of DTAB (aq; 2×10 -3 mol dm -3 ) confirmed that these solutions, prepared at 50°C, contain vesicles, with radii ca. 700 nm. DSC scans of these solutions, initially cooled to 5°C and then scanned with increasing temperature, showed no evidence of an extremum in isobaric heat capacity as a function of temperature, associated with a chain-packing transition in the vesicular bilayer at a characteristic temperature, T m . However, clear evidence for such a transition near 29°C was obtained after this solution had been held at 5°C for periods up to 11 h. With increase in the time during which the DTAB solution was held at 5°C, the recorded signal associated with the melting temperature increased in intensity. However, there was again no evidence for this transition if the solution was cooled to 5°C and the heat capacity dependence on temperature immediately re-scanned. The patterns are discussed in terms of a kinetic control, during cooling, of the packing of dialkyl chains in the bilayers. A similar pattern was observed for DDAB (aq) where T m =15.8°C. In the case of DHAB (aq) where T m =28.1°C, no kinetic features were apparent using DSC to study the gel to chain-packing transition.

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J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1997,93, 453-455

Reorganisation of alkyl chains in vesicles formed in aqueous solution by dialkyldimethylammonium bromide, R2N+Me2Br- where R=C12H25, C14H29, C16H33 or C18H37

M. J. Blandamer, B. Briggs, P. M. Cullis, S. D. Kirby and J. B. F. N. Engberts, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 1997, 93, 453 DOI: 10.1039/A605373D

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