Electronic Resource
Springer
Il nuovo cimento della Società Italiana di Fisica
16 (1994), S. 1357-1366
ISSN:
0392-6737
Keywords:
Fluid surfaces and fluid-fluid interfaces
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Neutron scattering techniques (including small-angle scattering)
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Conference proceedings
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Summary Water-octane-C10E4 microemulsions in both the isotropic and lamellar phases were measured using small-angle neutron scattering. Varying the scattering length density of both the water and oil through hydrogen-deuterium substitution enabled us to isolate the scattering contributions of the surfactant monolayers and the water-surfactant and oil-surfactant interfaces. Analyses of the resulting scattering patterns allow us to directly determine the small mean curvature of the surfactant film as a function of temperature and correlate this quantity with the overall phase behavior. A simulation using a Gaussian random field yields the three-dimensional structure of the bicontinuous microemulsion having a surfactant monolayer with zero mean curvature.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02462020
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