%0 journal article
%@ 0927-7757
%A Skvarla, J., Uchman, M., Prochazka, K., Tosner, Z., Haramus, V.M., Pispas, S., Stepanek, M.

%D 2014
%J Colloids and Surfaces  A

%P 209-215 
%R doi:10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.11.021
%T Micellization of Zonyl FSN-100 fluorosurfactant in aqueous solutions
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.11.021
 
%X We report on micellization of nonionic fluorosurfactant Zonyl FSN-100 in aqueous solutions studied by means of NMR spectroscopy, light and small-angle X-ray scattering, surface tension measurements, isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorescence spectroscopy. The results allow for determination of basic parameters of Zonyl FSN-100 association like critical micellar concentration, size and association number of Zonyl FSN-100 micelles which have a core–shell structure with the core of fluorocarbon chains and the shell of oligo(ethylene oxide) chains. Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy studies using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) as a fluorescent probe indicate that DPH can be solubilized in the micelles despite the general assumption about the immiscibility of hydrocarbon compounds with the fluorocarbon core of the micelles.