Temperature Dependence of Fusion and Fragmentation Kinetics of Triton X-100 Micelles
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Abstract
This paper describes micelle exchange kinetics as a function of temperature for a pyrene derivative 1, a triglyceride containing a pyrenebutyrate ester, solubilized in aqueous micelles of Triton X-100. The kinetics were followed by stopped-flow fluorescence time-scan measurements in which the disappearance of excimer over time was monitored. Two components of the exchange process could be separated: a first-order process with an activation energy of 110 kJ/mol, and a second process with an activation energy of 160 kJ/mol. Because the second-order process had a rate ( k 2 ≈ 1 × 10 6 M - 1 s - 1 ) at 24.6 °C that was nearly independent of the pyrene probe ( 1, 1-octylpyrene, 1-dodecylpyrene), the second-order process was assigned to a fusion-fragmentation mechanism, rather than a “sticky-collision” mechanism. The rates of the first-order process ( k 1 ≈ 12 s - 1 for 1 ) at 24.6 °C increased with decreasing size of the probe. This step was attributed to a fragmentation-growth mechanism in which the fragmentation rate is rate limiting. Exchange by this mechanism must involve fragmentation of a micelle containing two probe molecules to form two sub-micelles large enough to bear one of the probes.
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