The mobility of nonionic spin probes in gemini surfactant (alkanediyl-α, ω-bis (dimethyldodecylammonium bromide)) micelles was investigated by means of electron spin resonance (ESR) measurements to compare with that of conventional surfactant (dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide and ethyldodecyldimethylammonium bromide) micelles. The rotational correlation times, τ
R, of nitroxide spin probes in aqueous surfactant solutions were calculated from ESR spectra and plotted against the surfactant concentrations. As a result, τ
R abruptly increased in a concentration region, which is believed to correspond with critical micelle concentration (CMC). CMC's determined by means of the spin probe technique were almost the same as those estimated by the electrical conductance measurements. For the conventional surfactants, the τ
R values became constant below and above CMC, whereas for one of the gemini surfactants they continued to increase above CMC. Furthermore, activation energies for rotation,
EaR, were determined from the temperature dependence of τ
R.
EaR was dependent on the kind of the surfactants, suggesting that the mobility of the spin probes changes significantly with micelle structure. Thus the mobility of the spin probes reflects the discrepancy in the microenvironments between the gemini and conventional surfactant micelles.
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