A nanoreactor for tuning the chemical reactivity of a solute.
Present results demonstrate that the redox potential and hence the chemical reactivity of a solute dissolved in a polymer-surfactant supramolecular assembly, considered as a nanoreactor, can be tuned substantially by changing the composition of the supramolecular assembly. It is understood from detailed study that, on changing the polymer-surfactant composition of the supramolecular assembly, the probe undergoes a change in its location in these nanoreactors and accordingly its physical and chemical properties can be modulated.
Singh
Prabhat K
PK
Radiation & Photochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, India.
Satpati
Ashis K
AK
Kumbhakar
Manoj
M
Pal
Haridas
H
Nath
Sukhendu
S
D008725:Bis-Trimethylammonium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D005454:Fluorescence Polarization; D008823:Micelles; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry
D008725:Bis-Trimethylammonium Compounds; D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers; D012996:Solutions; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C525618:cethyltrimethylammonium chloride; D014867:Water