“…When L was dissolved in DMF, a Zn acetate solution in water was used; in this case the micelle core is hydrophobic and the polar groups form the shell, so that the reaction occurred on the surface. Some changes in the infrared spectra confirmed the reaction: the absorption bands of the ligand L at 1 668, 1 629, and 1 587 cm À1 shifted to 1 660, 1 611, and 1 580 cm À1 , while additional bands appeared as a result of metal complexation at 1 560 cm À1 , which was assigned to C --N, [18] 724 cm À1 , which corresponded to N-Zn bonds, [19] 466 cm À1 assigned to Zn-O, [20] and 976 cm À1 probably a result of Si-O-Zn absorption, [21] since the involvement of the siloxane bond in metal complexation is also possible. The other bands that correspond to the polysiloxane bonds were unchanged: 1 024, 1 094 (Si-O polymer), 1 260, and 800 cm À1 (Si-CH 3 ).…”