Self-assembly of cationic surfactant in choline chloride-based deep eutectic solvents: structural solvation and dynamics

H-NMR) spectroscopy. Herein, the micellization behavior of a cationic surfactant, dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB), in neat DESs and DES-water mixtures has been demonstrated by using tensiometry, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques. Furthermore, it has been observed that DESs exhibit an ample thermodynamic driving force for creating micelles, since they contain an H-bonded nanostructure. However, such self-assembly appears to be very much dependent on DESs, the amount of water, and the surfactant used. A computational simulation approach using a semiempirical method is put forth employing the Gaussian 09 W calculation window in the Gauss View 5.0.9 software package. In addition, this study includes the determination of several optimized descriptors that intend to offer an in-depth examination of the surfactant-DES interactions.