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  • Polymers and surfactants at...
    Braun, Larissa; Uhlig, Martin; von Klitzing, Regine; Campbell, Richard A.

    Advances in colloid and interface science, 09/2017, Letnik: 247
    Journal Article

    This review addresses the advances made with specular neutron reflectometry in studies of aqueous mixtures of polymers and surfactants at fluid interfaces during the last decade (or so). The increase in neutron flux due to improvements in instrumentation has led to routine measurements at the air/water interface that are faster and involve samples with lower isotopic contrast than in previous experiments. One can now resolve the surface excess of a single deuterated component on the second time scale and the composition of a mixture on the minute time scale, and information about adsorption processes and dynamic rheology can also be accessed. Research areas addressed include the types of formed equilibrium surface structures, the link to foam film stability and the range of non-equilibrium effects that dominate the behavior of oppositely charged polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, macroscopic film formation in like-charged polymer/surfactant mixtures, and the properties of mixtures of bio-polymers with surfactants and lipids. Display omitted •Advances of specular NR to study polymer/surfactant mixtures•Exploitation of isotopic contrast variation•Surface excess and local distribution of polymer and surfactant•Correlation with macroscopic properties