Comparison Between Aqueous and Nonaqueous AOT-Heptane Reverse Micelles Using Acridine Orange as Molecular Probe.docVIP

553 Molecules 2000, 5 Comparison Between Aqueous and Nonaqueous AOT-Heptane Reverse Micelles Using Acridine Orange as Molecular Probe R.D. Falcone, N.M. Correa, M.A. Biasutti and J.J. Silber Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto. Agencia N03 5800 Rio Cuarto, Ar- gentina E-mail: jsilber@exa.unrc.edu.ar Abstract: Aqueous and nonaqueous AOT/n-heptane reverse micelles where characterized by UV-Visible and fluorescence spectroscopy of AO. The study shows the presence of the dimer in aqueous reverse micelles which is not present in the nonaqueous systems. It seem