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Published on: June 8, 2016
Photoinduced micelle-to-vesicle transition and encapsulation of by photoresponsive Malachite Green derivative
Ryoko M Uda1, Tomoyuki Tanabe1, Yoshio Nakahara2
1Department of Chemical Engineering, Nara National College of Technology, Yata 22, Yamato-koriyama, Nara 639-1080, Japan. yoko@chem.nara-k.ac.jp.
Abstract:
UV irradiation on a Malachite Green leuconitrile derivative afforded a cationic surfactant in aqueous solutions of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate. The result involved a micelle-to-vesicle transition and encapsulation which have been investigated by trapping experiment. Transmission electron microscopy was applied for direct observation of vesicle formation. The micellar solution was studied under dark conditions with pyrene emission spectra.

