Kinetics of non-ionic surfactant adsorption at a fluid-fluid interface from a micellar solution
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v2
Abstract
The kinetics of non-ionic surfactant adsorption at a fluid-fluid interface from a micellar solution is considered theoretically. Our model takes into account the effect of micelle relaxation on the diffusion of the free surfactant molecules. It is shown that non-ionic surfactants undergo either a diffusion or a kinetically limited adsorption according to the characteristic relaxation time of the micelles. This gives a new interpretation for the observed dynamical surface tension of micellar solutions.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0504296,
title = {Kinetics of non-ionic surfactant adsorption at a fluid-fluid interface from a micellar solution},
author = {Herve Mohrbach},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0504296},
year = {2007}
}
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