MATRIX POLYMERIZATION OF TRIMETHYL[METHACRYLOXYETHYL]AMMONIUM METHYL SULFATE ON SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE MICELLES IN DILUTE SOLUTIONS

The effect of dodecyl alcohol on the micelle formation of sodium dodecyl sulfate has been studied by fluorescence spectrophotometry, conductometry and tensometry, and critical concentrations of micelle formation corresponding to the formation of spherical and aspherical micelles have been determined. Polymerization of trimethyl[methacryloxyethyl]ammonium methyl sulfate on sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles containing dodecyl alcohol was carried out. The viscosimetry method determined the characteristic viscosities of synthesized polyelectrolytes. Synthesized polyelectrolytes on micelles are characterized by higher values of characteristic viscosity than polyelectrolytes obtained in aqueous solution in the absence of surfactants. The difference in the values of the characteristic viscosity is due to the effect of dodecyl alcohol on the size and shape of sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles.