Structures of some surfactant–polyelectrolyte complexes

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V A Raghunathan¹  A K Sood²  Rema Krishnaswamy¹ 

[1] Raman Research Institute, C. V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560 080, India$$;Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India$$

关键词: Surfactant solutions;    polyelectrolytes;    DNA.;   

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学科分类：物理（综合）

来源: Indian Academy of Sciences

【 摘 要 】

Structures of complexes formed in aqueous solutions by some anionic polyelectrolytes (double and single stranded (ds and ss) DNA, poly(vinyl sulfonate) (PVS), and poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS)) with a cationic surfactant system consisting of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) and sodium 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoate (SHN) have been determined using small angle X-ray diffraction. All complexes are found to have a two-dimensional (2-D) hexagonal structure at low SHN concentrations. Analysis of the diffraction data shows that the ds DNA–CTAB complex has an intercalated structure, with each DNA strand surrounded by three cylindrical micelles. On increasing SHN concentration, DNA–CTAB–SHN complexes exhibit a hexagonal-to-lamellar transition, whereas PVS complexes show a hexagonal → centered rectangular → lamellar transition. PSS complexes show yet another sequence of structures. These results indicate the significant influence of the chemical nature of the polyelectrolyte on the structure of the complexes.

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