This
study investigates the influence of fluoroquinolone drug on
the colloidal behavior of cationic surfactant by using density, speed
of sound, conductivity, and fluorescence spectroscopy measurements
at different concentrations and temperatures. To get insight into
the effect of drug on the aggregation behavior of DTAB (dodecyltrimethylammonium
bromide), the critical micelle concentration (CMC) has been estimated
from the conductivity and speed of sound isotherms. Interestingly,
in comparison with the CMC of DTAB in water, the presence of drug
is found to decrease the CMC, accounting for the fact that hydrophilic
dehydration and hydrophobic interactions play a decisive role for
the micellization to take place. The volumetric and compressibility
parameters have been derived from the density and speed of sound used
to study the nature of interactions. For fluoroquinolone drug–DTAB
system, ΔG
m
o values are negative, which indicate that the
drug-mediated ionic micelle formation process is thermodynamically
feasible and spontaneous. The modulation in aggregation is further
characterized by fluorescence probe analysis using pyrene as a probe
at room temperature. Moreover, the outcomes from the conductivity
and speed of sound have been corroborated with the fluorescence probe
spectroscopy analysis. It would therefore be interesting to understand
the structural changes and mechanism underlying the aggregation of
a resultant drug–surfactant complex.
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