Measuring dipolar width across liquid-liquid interfaces with 'molecular rulers'

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6946, 2003, Pages 296-299

  Steel, William H ^a   Walker, Robert A ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SOLVENT STRUCTURE;

PHASE INTERFACES;

4 NITROANISOLE; CYCLOHEXANE; OCTANOL; SOLVENT; SURFACTANT; WATER;

MOLECULAR ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DIPOLE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0041805300     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01791     Document Type: Article

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