This paper reviews principles, data interpretations, and applications of vibrational
spectroscopic methods used for analysis of cellulose in the isolated state and in plant cell …

1. INTRODUCTION A fundamental understanding of chiral biomacromolecules at aqueous
interfaces is critical to studying a host of important phenomena in modern biology, chemistry …

The hydrophobic–water interface plays a key role in biological interactions. However, both
the hydrophobic–water interfacial molecular structure and the origin of the negative zeta …

Electrolytes interact with water in many ways: changing dipole orientation, inducing charge
transfer, and distorting the hydrogen-bond network in the bulk and at interfaces. Numerous …

We established the charge and structure of the oil/water interface by combining ζ-potential
measurements, sum frequency scattering (SFS) and molecular dynamics simulations. The …

Nano-and microparticles have optical, structural, and chemical properties that differ from
both their building blocks and the bulk materials themselves. These different physical and …

The second-harmonic generation of 150 nm spherical gold nanoparticles is investigated
both experimentally and theoretically. We demonstrate that the interference effects between …

Surface vibrational spectroscopy has developed rapidly over the past decades, thanks to the
advent of ultrashort tunable laser pulses in the mid-infrared range. In particular, femtosecond …

We present a theory for second-order nonlinear light scattering from spherical particles
using source waves of arbitrary frequency and direction based on a combination of linear …

Surfactants such as sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS) can reduce the interfacial tension between
bulk water and bulk n-hexadecane by 42 mN/m. Although reduction of interfacial tension …