“…Miyaghisi et al (11) performed a study of proteins (15) and alters several properties of micellar of the alteration in properties of micelles induced by pertursolutions: (A) it increases the critical micelle concentration bation in the external environment and used urea as an addiof ionic (1,5,7,9) and nonionic (1,2,6,9) surfactants; tive assumed to be unable to penetrate the micelles. Simi-(B) it decreases the micellar size of ionic (8,14) and non-larly, urea was assumed to be a nonpenetrating agent in a ionic (6) surfactants; (C) it increases the counterion dissoci-study performed by Gonzalez et al (12) regarding the effect ation degree of ionic micelles (5,7,8); (D) it increases the of additives on the solubility of naphthalene derivatives in cloud point of nonionic (2,6) and decreases the cloud point micellar solutions. Alternatively, results from recent studies of zwitterionic (10) surfactants; (E) it increases the local have been interpreted to favor a direct mechanism of urea viscosity and decreases the local polarity at the micellar action upon properties of micelles.…”