Abstract
Structure of diglycerol monomyristate (designated as C14G2) nonionic surfactant reverse micelles in aromatic solvent styrene has been investigated as a function of surfactant concentration, temperature, and water addition by using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) technique. Structure of micelles in real-space so called pair-distance distribution function, p(r), was obtained by the generalized indirect fourier transformation (GIFT) evaluation of SAXS data. It was found that C14G2 spontaneously self-assembles into spheroid reverse micelles with maximum diameter approximately 3.0 nm when added into styrene under ambient condition. The micellar shape and size remained essentially the same despite a wide variation in surfactant concentration (5 to 30%) but an opposite trend was observed with the rise of temperature; size decreased by approximately 25% with increase in temperature from 25 to 75 degrees C. Addition of traces water favored micellar growth and eventually ellipsoid prolate type micelles were formed, whose scenario is understood in terms of decrease in the critical packing parameter (cpp); water hydrates the surfactant's headgroup and decreases cpp. At a particular concentration of water, increasing temperature decreased the micellar size due to dehydration of headgroup. It is interesting to note that size of 1.57% water incorporated micelle is approximately 2.5 times bigger than the empty micelles.
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