The Effects of Concentration, Pressure, and Temperature on the Diffusion Coefficient and Correlation Length of SDS Micelles

The effects of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) concentration (≤ 10 mass %), temperature (35 and 50 °C), and pressure (0.1 to 100 MPa) on the cooperative diffusion coefficient and static correlation length of micelles in solutions in 1 M NaCl were studied using static and dynamic light scattering. These data are interpreted in terms of models of dilute and semidilute solutions of rod-like polymers. The results indicate that the effects of pressure are most significant near the crossover concentration between dilute and semidilute solution behavior. This concentration is a function of temperature and pressure because both of these thermodynamic parameters affect the mean micellar size.