Nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy of surfactants at liquid interfaces
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Surfactants are widely used to modify physical and chemical properties of interfaces. They play an important role in many technological problems. Surfactant monolayer are also of great scientific interest because they are two-dimensional systems that may exhibit a very rich phase transition behavior and can also be considered as a model system for biological interfaces. In this Thesis, we use a second-order nonlinear optical technique (Sum-Frequency Generation - SFG) to obtain vibrational spectra of surfactant monolayer at Iiquidhapor and solid/liquid interfaces. The technique has several advantages: it is intrinsically surface-specific, can be applied to buried interfaces, has submonolayer sensitivity and is remarkably sensitive to the confirmational order of surfactant monolayers.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC03-76SF00098
- OSTI ID:
- 6502
- Report Number(s):
- LBNL-42635; TRN: US200305%%746
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: TH: Thesis (Ph.D.); Supercedes report DE00006502; Submitted to the Univ. of California, Dept. of Physics, Berkeley, CA (US); PBD: 14 Dec 1998; PBD: 14 Dec 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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