Micelles in Analytical Chemistry

Abstract

Molecules which possess both hydrophilic and hydrophobic structures may associate in aqueous media to form dynamic aggregates commonly called micelles. Interest in these aggregates commonly called micelles. Interest in these aggregates has grown over the years from the original work of Hartley,¹ which describes what is still accepted as a functional model of the geometry of micelles. Fortunately, our understanding of the geometry as well as other features of micelles has increased markedly over the intervening years as evidence by the abundance of reviews concerning micelles just since 1980 (over 350 reviews as searched via online CAS). While mose of these papers deal with micelle structure, catalysis, or dynamics, this report continues a tradition of reviews concerning the utility of micelles in analytical chemistry.