Understanding the molecular interaction and relaxation findings in amphiphilics on solution state using TDR

The dielectric behavior of stearic acid in 1,4-dioxane medium at various temperature 303 K-288 K and frequency regime (10 MHz-30 GHz) determined from the complex dielectric permittivity spectra obtained by Time Domain Reflectometry(TDR). In this frequency range, the dielectric study gives the electrostatic interaction as well as orientational polarizability of complex mixtures of long chain molecules significantly. Dielectric parameters were calculated from the complex spectra of the binary mixture by non linear least square fit method. The excess permittivity (epsilon(E)), correlation factors were calculated for the binary system. Thermal parameters(delta H-enthalpy, delta S-entropy and delta G-Gibbs free energy) were calculated and the direction of reaction is determined. The FTIR spectrum of the binary system recorded and the assignments are discussed. The FTIR spectral assignments confirm the molecular interactions.