NMR spectroscopy of micelles and related systems

A variety of NMR methods applied to different types of surfactant aggregates, predominantly micelles, are reviewed. The treatment attempts to be short but pedagogical instead of being comprehensive or chronological. The use of NMR line shapes influenced by chemical shift and by dipole-dipole or quadrupole coupling effects is discussed. Spin relaxation and self-diffusion experiments, yielding both structural and dynamical information, are surveyed next. Finally, specialized techniques such as rheo or electrophoretic NMR are outlined and illustrated.