Influence of Ions on Hydrophobic Self-Assembly

<p>This archive contains Raman spectra of 1,2-hexanediol and 1-hexanol dissolved in water and aqueous salt solutions, as well as analyses of the spectra performed using the SMCR (Raman-MCR) and MCPS strategies described in the associated publication.  The files whose names begin with Fig1... Fig2... and Fig3... contain the the data and graphs in the corresponding figures in the publication.  The files that begin with 12HD... contain measured Raman spectra and SMCR/MCPS analysis results. These and other archived files are further described in the publication and the ReadMe_Influence_of_Ions file). The combined experimental and theoretical strategy is used to quantify the influence of H<sup>+</sup> and OH<sup>–</sup>, as well as salts containing Li<sup>+</sup>, Na<sup>+</sup>, Cl<sup>–</sup> and Br<sup>–</sup>, on the hydrophobic self-assembly of micelles composed of neutral oily 1,2-hexanediol surfactants. The distributions of aggregate sizes, both below and above the critical micelle concentration (CMC), are determined using Raman multivariate curve resolution (Raman-MCR) spectroscopy to quantify the multi-aggregation chemical potential surface (MCPS) that drives self-assembly. </p> <p> </p>