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Junjie Zhu

Have you tried with Twee20(Polysorbate 20)?

Rinat Iskakov

Any tween is good

José Alberto Salazar-Jiménez

Perhaps you can use Triton-X100, and take advantage of the pi-pi stacking interaction that may develop between this surfactant and the aromatic part to the monomer...

Sunil Sahi

thank you all for your suggestions. I have not tried any of these yet.