Neutron reflection of surfactants absorbed at interfaces

Abstract

Gemini surfactants are superior to their corresponding monomeric surfactants in features such as much lower CMC values and greater efficiency. In spite of a lot of research on them there are, however, still many basic questions are unanswered. Even the determination of such a simple quantity as the coverage is uncertain at a level which would be unacceptable with other surfactants. The motivation of the work in this thesis was to try and make a systematic study of a range of surface properties associated with (a) the architecture of the gemini surfactant ion and (b) the counterion.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo