TABLE 4.
Properties of examined micellar systems predicted at the DFT theory level: molecular polarity indexes (MPI), minimal (EPmin) and maximal (EPmax) values of electrostatic potential, micelle diameters (dmic), molecular volumes of monomeric SU (Vmon), micelle.
| MPI [kcal/mol] | EPmax [kcal/mol] | EPmin [kcal/mol] | dmic [nm] | Vmon [nm3] | Vmic [nm3] | Nagg | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C12 | anteiso- | 78.2 | 1.85 | −182.39 | 3.84 | 1.33 | 29.89 | 22 |
| iso- | 77.9 | 1.85 | −182.35 | 3.86 | 1.34 | 30.26 | 23 | |
| n- | 77.5 | 1.82 | −182.32 | 4.12 | 1.34 | 36.61 | 27 | |
| exp from DLS | — | — | — | 4.7 | — | — | — | |
| C13 | anteiso- | 77.0 | 1.78 | −182.29 | 4.12 | 1.36 | 36.45 | 27 |
| iso- | 76.9 | 1.71 | −182.24 | 4.14 | 1.36 | 37.29 | 27 | |
| n- | 76.6 | 1.82 | −182.33 | 4.34 | 1.36 | 42.68 | 31 | |
| exp from DLS | — | — | — | 5.0 | — | — | — | |
| C14 | anteiso- | 76.1 | 1.82 | −182.27 | 4.36 | 1.38 | 43.57 | 31 |
| iso- | 76.0 | 1.89 | −182.28 | 4.32 | 1.38 | 42.41 | 31 | |
| n- | 75.7 | 1.78 | −182.31 | 4.60 | 1.39 | 50.87 | 37 | |
| exp from DLS | — | — | — | 5.2 | — | — | — | |
| C15 | anteiso- | 75.2 | 1.64 | −182.24 | 4.62 | 1.41 | 51.87 | 37 |
| iso- | 75.0 | 1.67 | −182.26 | 4.62 | 1.41 | 51.33 | 36 | |
| n- | 74.8 | 1.80 | −182.33 | 4.82 | 1.41 | 58.74 | 42 | |
| exp from DLS | — | — | — | 5.7 | — | — | — |