Polymerization of wormlike micelles induced by hydrotropic salt

S Liu, YI Gonzalez, D Danino, EW Kaler

Index: Liu, Shiyong; Gonzalez, Yamaira I.; Danino, Dganit; Kaler, Eric W. Macromolecules, 2005 , vol. 38, # 6 p. 2482 - 2491

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Abstract

Addition of the hydrotropic salt sodium tosylate (TSNa) to solutions of a polymerizable cationic surfactant, methacryloyloxyundecyltrimethylammonium bromide (MUTB), leads to a transition from spherical to wormlike micelles about 40 nm in length. The wormlike micelles were successfully polymerized to yield stable, single-phase solutions of polymerized micelles. The polymerized wormlike micelles were several hundred nanometers long, ...