EMISSION OF LOW-ENERGY LUMINESCENCE FROM SURFACTANT MICELLES WITH AN AROMATIC CHROMOPHORE

Fluorescence spectra of cationic surfactants, with a phenoxy group as a part of the molecular structure, were studied. On the formation of the micelles, luminescences with energy lower than that of the monomer were observed, and it was taken to indicate the presence of interactions involving photoexcited phenoxy group aligned in the micellar interior.