Ba. Noskov et al., ANOMALOUS DAMPING OF CAPILLARY WAVES IN SYSTEMS WITH INSOLUBLE MONOLAYERS OF ALKYLDIMETHYLPHOSPHINE OXIDES, Langmuir, 13(2), 1997, pp. 295-298
Anomalously high damping of capillary waves has been discovered for sy
stems with insoluble surface films of N-alkyldimethylphosphine oxides
in the transition region from a heterogeneous to a continuous monolaye
r. This effect is probably caused by capillary wave scattering at two-
dimensional cavities of a gaseous phase in the condensed monolayer pha
se (two-dimensional bubbles).