Salicylic acids microscopy

The common pattern of the complex formation led to the idea that a similar structure should be formed when the aromatic compound is dissolved in an aqueous solution containing surfactant. Sakaiguchi el al. reported that elongated rod-like micelles were observed by electron microscopy when CTAB and several aromatic compounds, such as o-iodophenol and salicylic acid, were dissolved in aqueous solutions [48-50]. These... 

Modification of the PA/AA/NPG diol with salicylic and with m-hydroxybenzoic acids apparently did not proceed to completion. The products appeared amorphous by polarizing microscopy. 

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