Abstract
Some cationic surfactants such as cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) show a very spectacular viscoelasticity in solution, in even very diluted states, with some aromatic substances added, such as salicylic acid. Formerly, the authors established that the remarkable solution behaviour was the result of the entanglement of such enormously elongated giant micelles, based on recognition of the existence of large aggregates, through direct observation of them as substantial images under the electron microscope.
In this report, we further confirm the relation between micelle length and solution viscoelasticity after arbitrarily obtaining different size aggregates by altering the media pH, or by admixing shorter chain length surfactants than CTAB, which alone did not induce viscoelasticity.
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Sakaiguchi, Y., Shikata, T., Urakami, H. et al. Electron microscope study of viscoelastic cationic surfactant systems. Colloid & Polymer Sci 265, 750–753 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01425040
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