Abstract
The effect of cosolvent (ethane-1,2-diol and dimethyl sulfoxide) on the self-assembly of three surfactants, N,N,N-trimethyl-1-dodecanaminium bromide (DTAB), sodium [dodecanoyl(methyl)amino]acetate (SDDS), and polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monolaurate (Tween-20) in aqueous solution have been investigated by conductometric, tensiometric, and viscometric techniques at 298 K. The main focus was on the effect of solvent on critical micelle concentration (cmc), free energy contribution to micellization (ΔGm0), tail transfer Gibbs free energy (ΔGtrans0), Gibbs adsorption energy (ΔGads0), and some micellar interfacial parameters, for example, Gibbs surface excess (Γmax), minimum area per surfactant molecule (Amin), surface pressure (Πcmc), and pC20(= −log(C20), where C20 is the surfactant molar concentration required to reduce the surface tension of mixed solvent by 20 mN m–1). With increasing concentration of cosolvent in the binary mixture, the cohesive force decreases, and surfactant molecules are more soluble...
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