Table 1.

Molecular weights, CMCs of newly synthesised amphiphiles (RGAs/RMAs) and a conventional detergent (DDM) and hydrodynamic radii of their micelles.

Detergent	M[a] [g mol−1]	CMC [µm]	CMC [wt%]	Rh[b] [nm]
RGA-C8	2530.8	≈ 10	≈ 0.0025	2.8 ± 0.1
RGA-C9	2586.9	≈ 7	≈ 0.0018	2.9 ± 0.1
RGA-C10	2643.0	≈ 5	≈ 0.0013	3.5 ± 0.2
RGA-C11	2699.1	≈ 3	≈ 0.0008	6.8 ± 0.2
RGA-C12	2755.2	≈ 2.5	≈ 0.0007	3.0 ± 0.2
RGA-C13	2811.3	≈ 2	≈ 0.0006	3.7 ± 0.1
RMA-C3	2066.0	≈ 30	≈ 0.0006	5.5 ± 0.2
RMA-C4	2122.1	≈ 15	≈ 0.0003	7.5 ± 0.2
RMA-C3E	2242.2	≈ 15	≈ 0.0003	3.6 ± 0.1
RMA-C4E	2298.3	≈ 10	≈ 0.0002	4.6 ± 0.1
RMA-C5E	2354.4	≈ 8	≈ 0.0002	5.4 ± 0.1
DDM	510.1	170	0.0087	3.4 ± 0.0

^[a]Molecular weight of detergents;

^[b]hydrodynamic radii of detergents measured at 0.5 wt% by dynamic light scattering, mean ± S.D., n = 5.