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. 2015 Aug 4;6(11):6189–6198. doi: 10.1039/c5sc01202c

Table 2. Best-fit parameters for cationic surfactants in EAN and EtAN. φmic is the volume fraction of scatterers, CMC is the critical micelle concentration estimated from φmic, r is the micelle radius, SLDIL is the scattering length density of the IL and PD is the Schultz polydispersity.

IL Surfactant φ mic CMC (wt%) r (Å) SLDIL × 10–6–2) Schultz PD
EAN DAN 0.022 3.2 14 2.60 0.24
DMAN 0.013 3.9 13 3.33 0.19
DDMAN 0.009 4.3 12 3.32 0.20
DTAN 0.004 4.7 11 3.33 0.21
DTAC 0.006 4.5 11 3.33 0.17
DTAB 0.025 3.0 15 3.24 0.10
2.3 ± 0.2 a
EtAN DAN 0.015 3.9 12 4.00 0.29
DMAN 0.011 4.2 13 3.99 0.19
DDMAN 0.007 4.5 14 4.00 0.00
DTAN 0.081 20 2.96 0.19
DTAC 0.087 19 3.46 0.24
DTAB 0.087 20 3.67 0.19