Comparison of the CMC values calculated in this work, from UV-Vis spectrophotometric measurements, with those reported in the literature for the surfactants considered in this work.

CMC/mM
CTAB	SDS	TX-100
0.94 ± 0.03	7.7 ± 0.6	0.18 ± 0.3	This work
0.92	8.1	a	21
0.92	8.3	a	22
0.98	8.2	a	23

^aCMC reported by the supplier is 0.2–0.9 mM. The uncertainty reported was estimated from at least 5 repetitions.