Micelles and ionic strength?

[mercaptovizadeh]

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Does anyone know what role ionic strength might have on the critical micellar concentration? Can't find any quantitative info.

 

[Aptamer]

Geez...I can't remember a reference for this...I know someone has studied this extensively but I'm forgetting his name.

Anyways, I think somewhere in this review by Jack Szostak might have a reference that can point you in the right direction...sorry, I can't give that to you right now...getting papers off campus really bites.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15556412

A lot of Szostak's work, at least recently, have been done by Irene Chen, a Harvard MD/PhD student.

 

[mercaptovizadeh]

Geez...I can't remember a reference for this...I know someone has studied this extensively but I'm forgetting his name.

Anyways, I think somewhere in this review by Jack Szostak might have a reference that can point you in the right direction...sorry, I can't give that to you right now...getting papers off campus really bites.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/...ve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=15556412

A lot of Szostak's work, at least recently, have been done by Irene Chen, a Harvard MD/PhD student.

Hey, thanks Aptamer, but I think I figured it out on my own. It makes sense to me that if ionic strength goes up, critical micellar concentration (CMC) goes down. The head group repulsions of SDS (or whatever) decrease due to the shielding by the ions and the hydrophobic effect forcing the tails together is increased due to the ions.

Thanks!