Abstract
The surfactants tetrabutylammonium dodecyl sulfate (TBADS) and tetradecyl sulfate (TBATS) have been synthesized by ion-exchange, and their self-association behavior has been investigated. The solutions of these surfactants show clouding and phase separation as the temperature is increased. The clouding temperature TC of TBADS solutions has been found to be about 4−5 °C higher than for TBATS solutions in the whole range of composition up to a surfactant content of 64 wt %. The critical micellization concentration (cmc) of TBATS has been determined using the electrical conductivity method. The micelle aggregation numbers (N) have been determined using the time-resolved fluorescence quenching (TRFQ) method, with pyrene/dodecylpyridinium chloride as fluorescent probe/quencher pair. For the two surfactants, N increases with the surfactant concentration and above a threshold concentration with the temperature. This latter increase as well as the phase separation observed for TBADS and TBATS are very unusual fea...
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