Morphological transformations in solid domains of alkanes on surfactant solutions

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 844-848

  Matsubara, Hiroki ^a   Takaichi, Tetsumasa ^a   Takiue, Takanori ^a   Aratono, Makoto ^a   Toyoda, Aya ^b   Iimura, Kenichi ^b   Ash, Philip A ^c   Bain, Colin D ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brewster angle microscopy; ellipsometry; line tension; phase transition; wetting

Indexed keywords

AIR-SOLUTION INTERFACE; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY; CIRCULAR DOMAINS; LINE TENSION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; PHASE CO-EXISTENCE; SURFACTANT SOLUTION; TETRADECYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES;

ELLIPSOMETRY; MONOLAYERS; MORPHOLOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 84875485341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400175q     Document Type: Article

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