TY - JOUR
T1 - Surfactant layers at the air/water interface
T2 - Structure and composition
AU - Lu, J. R.
AU - Thomas, R. K.
AU - Penfold, J.
PY - 2000/1/1
Y1 - 2000/1/1
N2 - The application of neutron reflectometry to the study of surfactant layers has been reviewed. Comparative assessment has been made of the information it yields concerning surfactant layers at the air/water interface and in micelles, where structural properties can be measured directly by neutron small angle scattering and less directly by techniques such as light scattering. Two differences are that all the space must be filled in and around a micelle, whereas this is not the case for a surfactant monolayer in contact with air, and that the micelle is strongly curved.
AB - The application of neutron reflectometry to the study of surfactant layers has been reviewed. Comparative assessment has been made of the information it yields concerning surfactant layers at the air/water interface and in micelles, where structural properties can be measured directly by neutron small angle scattering and less directly by techniques such as light scattering. Two differences are that all the space must be filled in and around a micelle, whereas this is not the case for a surfactant monolayer in contact with air, and that the micelle is strongly curved.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0001-8686(99)00019-6
DO - 10.1016/S0001-8686(99)00019-6
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10696453
AN - SCOPUS:0033883969
SN - 0001-8686
VL - 84
SP - 143
EP - 304
JO - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
JF - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science
IS - 1
ER -