Principles and applications of grazing incidence X-ray and neutron scattering from ordered molecular monolayers at the air-water interface

J Als-Nielsen, D Jacquemain, K Kjaer, F Leveiller… - Physics Reports, 1994 - Elsevier
The advent of well collimated, high intensity synchroton X-ray sources and the consequent
development of surface-specific X-ray diffraction and fluorescence techniques have recently …

The application of the specular reflection of neutrons to the study of surfaces and interfaces

J Penfold, RK Thomas - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 1990 - iopscience.iop.org
The application of the specular reflection of neutrons to the study of surface and interfaces is
described. The theoretical and experimental background to the technique is presented. A …

Surfactant layers at the air/water interface: structure and composition

JR Lu, RK Thomas, J Penfold - Advances in Colloid and Interface science, 2000 - Elsevier
The use of neutron reflectometry to study the structure and composition of surfactant layers
adsorbed at the air/water interface is reviewed. A critical assessment of the results from this …

Disjoining pressures and film stability of alkyltrimethylammonium bromide foam films

V Bergeron - Langmuir, 1997 - ACS Publications
The alkytrimethylammonium bromide surfactant series, C n TAB, n= 10, 12, 14, 16, is used to
perform a systematic study of the forces and stability of foam films produced from soluble …

Computer simulations of a water/oil interface in the presence of micelles

B Smit, PAJ Hilbers, K Esselink, LAM Rupert… - Nature, 1990 - nature.com
AMPHIPHILIC molecules such as detergents or lipids, which contain a hydrophilic'head'and
a hydrophobic'tail'are capable of forming a wide variety of complex structures, including …

What is so special about Aerosol-OT? 1. Aqueous systems

S Nave, J Eastoe, J Penfold - Langmuir, 2000 - ACS Publications
To identify why Aerosol-OT (sodium bis (2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate) is such a versatile
surfactant, adsorption and aggregation in aqueous solutions have been investigated with 11 …

Neutron reflectivity studies of the surface excess of gemini surfactants at the air− water interface

ZX Li, CC Dong, RK Thomas - Langmuir, 1999 - ACS Publications
Neutron reflection has been used to determine the surface coverage of a series of cationic
gemini surfactants of the general formula [C m H2 m+ 1N (CH3) 2−(CH2) s− N (CH3) 2C m …

From surface tension to molecular distribution: Modeling surfactant adsorption at the air–water interface

M Peng, TT Duignan, CV Nguyen, AV Nguyen - Langmuir, 2021 - ACS Publications
Surfactants are centrally important in many scientific and engineering fields and are used for
many purposes such as foaming agents and detergents. However, many challenges remain …

The adsorption of lysozyme at the silica–water interface: a neutron reflection study

TJ Su, JR Lu, RK Thomas, ZF Cui, J Penfold - Journal of colloid and …, 1998 - Elsevier
The adsorption of lysozyme (chicken egg white) from aqueous solution on to the hydrophilic
silica surface and the variation of interfacial structure with solution conditions have been …

Solution self-assembly and adsorption at the air− water interface of the monorhamnose and dirhamnose rhamnolipids and their mixtures

ML Chen, J Penfold, RK Thomas, TJP Smyth… - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
The self-assembly in solution and adsorption at the air− water interface, measured by small-
angle neutron scattering, SANS, and neutron reflectivity, NR, of the monorhamnose and …