Optimizing the hydrodynamic radii and polydispersity of reverse micelles in the Triton X-100/water/cyclohexane system using dynamic light scattering and other studies

Nature of reverse micelles in the water/Triton-X/cyclohexane system was investigated using dynamic light scattering (DLS) technique. Considerable variation in the size (5–18 nm) and polydispersity (0.02–0.26) of the reverse micelles is observed in the region corresponding to stable reverse micelles. The optimal composition led to reverse micelles of 8 nm size and a very low polydispersity of 0.02.