The interactions between phenazinium dyes and sodium dodecylsulphate, with
concentrations of the surfactant near critical micelle concentration (CMC)
in the sub-micellar concentration range, have been studied. It has been sug
gested that the spectral bands, which were hitherto attributed to self-aggr
egation of the dye, may actually be due to change in microenvironment of th
e dye chromophore on incorporation of the dye into pre-micelles.