TABLE 3.

Critical micellar concentration for the different surfactants

Surfactant	Shorthand notation	CMC* (mM) (this work)	CMC (mM) (literature values)
n-Dodecyl-β-D-maltoside	β-C12G2	0.21	0.16†
n-Dodecyl-α-D-maltoside	α-C12G2		0.15‡
n-Octyl-β-D-maltoside	β-C8G2		26.5§
n-Decyl-β-D-maltoside	β-C10G2		2.0¶
n-Tetradecyl-β-D-maltoside	β-C14G2	0.014 (H2O)	0.01‡
n-Heptyl-β-D-glucoside	β-C7G1		70‡
n-Octyl-β-D-glucoside	β-C8G1		22†
n-Nonyl-β-D-glucoside	β-C9G1	6.3 6.9 (H2O)	6.5†
n-Dodecyl-β-D-maltotrioside	β-C12G3		0.2§
Pentaethyleneglycol mono n-dodecyl ether	C12E5	0.060	0.057**
Hexaethyleneglycol mono n-dodecyl ether	C12E6		0.087**
Octaethyleneglycol mono n-dodecyl ether	C12E8		0.092**

^*Determined in 20 mM acetate buffer, pH 4.9, unless otherwise stated.

^†Determined in H₂O (67,68).

^‡Determined in H₂O by Anatrace.

^§Determined in 0.15 mM KCl (69).

^¶Determined in 0.01 M NaCl (70).

^**Determined in H₂O (71).