Structural properties of soap black films investigated by x-ray reflectivity
- 21 January 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (3) , 313-316
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.313
Abstract
Common and Newton black films, which are the ultimate stage of thinning of soap films, are investigated by absolute x-ray reflectivity. The challenging and open problem concerning these two systems is the determination of the equilibrium thickness of the aqueous core. X-ray reflectivity provides very detailed and new information about their sandwich structure: The Newton black film appears much thinner than expected. As opposed to the common black film, it does not contain any aqueous core but only a hydration layer. In both cases the amphiphilic structure is the same.Keywords
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