Verma, G.; Aswal, V. K.; Kulshreshtha, S. K.; Manohar, C.; Hassan, P. A.; Kaler, E. W.
ABSTRACT
Structural parameters of micelles formed by Triton X-100 in the presence of
solubilized anthranilic acid at different pH values was investigated using light scattering
and small angle neutron scattering. Analysis of the SANS data indicate that micelles are
oblate ellipsoidal in nature with little variation in the dimensions, in the investigated pH
range (from 0.5 to 6.0). The interaction potential of the micelles shows a minimum closer
to the isoelectric point of anthranilic acid. A similar variation is observed in the cloud
point of the micelles with pH. The observed variation in the interaction potential with pH
of the micellar solution can be explained in terms of the reversal of charge on anthranilic
acid due to shift in the acid–base equilibrium. The variation in interaction potential and
cloud point with pH is modelled using Coulombic repulsion of charged molecules at the
micelle interface.