Self‐assembly of ionic amphiphiles on polyelectrolyte chains

Abstract

The formation and structure of water‐soluble complexes of partly neutralized poly(acrylic acid) (PA) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) with oppositely‐charged surfactants [tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide (C14AB) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)] have been studied by elastic and quasi‐elastic laser light‐scattering, high‐speed sedimentation and viscometry techniques. It was shown that minimum aggregation number (nmin) of the surfactant ions in the complex micelle depends on the chemical structure of the polyelectrolyte. In particular, C14AB interacting with PA in dilute water solutions forms PA bound micelles with nmin of 102 similar to spherical micelles formed by free C14AB. This is in contrast to soluble PDADMAC–SDS complex species, which are most probably vesicles, each containing ca 105 surfactant ions instead of 102 characteristic for free SDS spherical micelles. A shift from a dilute to a semi‐dilute solution regime with respect to the free PDADMAC results in drastic rearrangement of the PDADMAC–SDS complex structure. Copyright © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry

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