| Abstract |
The amphiphile Aerosol OT (1,4-bis(2-ethylhexyl)sodium sulfosuccinate, AOT) forms, in reverse micellar nanoaggregates of water, RM, in isooctane, ion pairs (IPs) with the cationic fluorescent probe dye, rhodamine 3B, (3,6-bis(ethylamino)-9-[2-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenyl]-9H-xanthen-9-ylium, R3B), as either contact ion pairs, CIPs, or solvent (water) separated ion pairs, SSIPs. The ground-state AOT R3B ion pairs equilibria as well as the dynamics of R3B electronic excited states show the progressive hydration of AOT(-) R3B(+) toward solvent separated ion pairs, SSIPs as |
