HIGH-FREQUENCY SURFACE DYNAMICS OF SOLUTIONS OF A NONIONIC SURFACTANT

Authors
EARNSHAW JC NUGENT CP LUNKENHEIMER K
Citation
Jc. Earnshaw et al., HIGH-FREQUENCY SURFACE DYNAMICS OF SOLUTIONS OF A NONIONIC SURFACTANT, Langmuir, 13(6), 1997, pp. 1368-1370
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Langmuir → ACNP
ISSN journal
07437463
Volume
13
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1368 - 1370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0743-7463(1997)13:6<1368:HSDOSO>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Surface light scattering has been used to study thermally excited capi llary waves on solutions of a nonionic surfactant, n-decanoic acid in 0.005 M aqueous HCl. The capillary waves show no trace of the unexpect ed behavior previously found for ionic surfactants, suggesting that pr ocesses thought to act to reduce the stability of the dilatational sur face waves in the ionic case are absent for the present system. The im plications of this observation are discussed.