Publications by authors named "Shigeyoshi Miyagishi"

The aggregation behaviors of three stereoisomers of tetramethylammonium N-dodecanoyl phenylalanylphenylalaninate in dilute aqueous solution were investigated. From surface tension, fluorescence intensity using probes, and heat of dilution measurements, it was suggested that the critical aggregation concentration was the same between the enantiomers, but was obviously different between the diastereomers. It was also found that these surfactants formed large aggregates at lower concentrations.

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Monomeric thiol surfactants, [C(n)H(2n+1)N(CH(3))(2)CH(2)CH(2)SH]Br, were produced by the cleavage of gemini surfactant containing a disulfide bond in the spacer chain, [C(n)H(2n+1)N(CH(3))(2)CH(2)CH(2)SSCH(2)CH(2)N(CH(3))(2)C(n)H(2n+1)]2Br. The disulfide bond was completely reduced by the addition of four times moles of dithiothreitol in water at room temperature. The critical micelle concentrations of monomeric surfactants were significantly increased in comparison with original gemini surfactants.

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We developed new benzofurazan (NBD) labeled probes for fluorocarbon surfactant systems. The fluorescence behavior depended on the solubilization site of the fluorescent probes in the surfactant aggregates. The NBD-labeled probes suffered virtually complete reduction in the presence of Na(2)S(2)O(4) owing to the solubilization at the surface of 2-hydroxy-1,1,2,3,3-pentahydroperfluoroundecyldiethylammonium bromide (FC(8)DAB) aggregates.

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An aggregation behavior of potassium N-acyl phenylalaninate in dilute aqueous solution was investigated. It was found that this surfactant formed large aggregates at lower concentrations, which were then transformed to micelles at higher concentrations. Fluorescence intensity measurements using a probe were used to examine the effects of alkali concentration, acyl chain length, and solvent isotope on the aggregation behavior.

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New gemini surfactants having two fluorocarbon chains were prepared by refluxing partially fluorinated alkyl bromide with N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-1,6-diaminohexane in acetonitrile. The partially fluorinated gemini surfactants containing a six-methylene spacer chain are easily soluble in water. The critical micelle concentrations (cmc's) were determined by various fluorescent probe methods.

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The degree of micelle ionization of gemini surfactants has been investigated by using halide-sensitive fluorescence probes (e.g., 6-methoxy-N-(3-sulfopropyl)quinolinium (SPQ)).

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A halide-sensitive fluorescence probe was utilized to evaluate the miscibility of fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon surfactants in aqueous micellar systems. The fluorescence of 6-methoxy-N-1,1,2,2-tetrahydroheptadecafluorodecylquinolinium chloride, FC10MQ, was quenched by halide ions dissociated from the surfactant. The fluorescence in micellar solutions showed an initially rapid decay.

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The association behaviors of three 1-octanols (1-octanol:  C8OH; 1,1,2,2-tetrahydrotridecafluorooctanol:  TFC8OH; and 1,1-dihydropentadecafluorooctanol:  DFC8OH) in two hydrocarbon solvents (n-hexane and benzene) were examined by vibration spectroscopy from 288.15 to 318.15 K.

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The volume phase transition behavior of a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gel (NIPA gel) in solutions of N-acyl amino acid surfactants were studied as a function of surfactant concentration. The addition of a surfactant beyond the critical micelle concentration (cmc) produced elevation in the transition temperature of the NIPA gel and its swelling. The changes in the volume phase transition temperature and in the swelling of the NIPA gel became more significant with the decreasing size of the amino acid side chain.

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The critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) of 1,1,2,2-tetrahydroperfluoroalkylpyridinium chloride have been determined by measurements of surface tension and electrical conductivity, etc. The CMCs of perfluorinated surfactants were only about 0.02 times that of hydrocarbon one with the same carbon number.

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Salting-out effects on critical micelle concentrations (cmc's) of N-acyl-N-methylglucamides (MEGA-8, -9, and -10) were examined for 16 kinds of salts. The cmc's were determined by using a surface tension or a fluorescent probe method. Salt constants (k(s)'s) were estimated from logarithmic plots of the cmc against the salt concentration and the magnitude of k(s) varied with the different types of salt as follows: for cation, Ca>Na>K>Cs>Li, and for anion, SO(4)>CO(3)>SO(3)>HPO(4)>F>Cl>Br>NO(3)>I>SCN.

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