Existence of a hydrophobic gap at the alkanethiol SAM-water interface: An interfacial capacitance study

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 254, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 410-413

  Sur, Ujjal Kumar ^a   Lakshminarayanan, V ^a  

^a RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Capacitance; Drying effect; Hydrophilic SAM; Impedance spectroscopy; Length scale dependent hydrophobicity; Lum, Chandler, and Weeks theory; Neat alkanethiol

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GOLD; HYDROPHOBICITY; MONOLAYERS;

DIELECTRIC SEPARATORS;

COLLOIDS;

ALKANE; GOLD; THIOL DERIVATIVE; WATER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; EVAPORATION; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 0036441862     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcis.2002.8653     Document Type: Editorial

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