Photoacidic behavior of small phenolics in micellar media. Issue 2 (7th February 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bose, Adity; Parbat, Dibyangana; Mukherjee, Moumita; Sardar, Pinki Saha; Ghosh, Sanjib
• Is Part Of: Spectroscopy letters. Volume 50:Issue 2(2017)
• Page Start: 81
• Page End: 87
• Publication Date: 2017-02-07
• Subjects: Carvacrol -- cetyl trimethyl ammonium bromide -- fluorescence -- sodium dodecyl sulfate -- thymol; Spectrum analysis -- Periodicals; 543.5
• DOI: 10.1080/00387010.2017.1287095
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0038-7010

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The present work demonstrates the photophysical characterization of the interaction of two antibacterial and antimicrobial compounds, thymol and its isomer, carvacrol with different biomimetic micellar nanocavities having varying surface charge characteristics. These types of molecules are reported to be photoacids and this behavior is remarkably exhibited upon interaction with the macromolecular assemblies of micellar systems in the presence of inorganic and organic quencher molecules (silver nitrate and diethylamine) and is manifested through significant modulations of the bimolecular quenching constant values.