Quantitative Image Analysis in Brewster Angle Microscopy: Molecular Tilt of a Stearic Acid Monolayer on Water
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 32 (1A) , L135
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.32.l135
Abstract
A stearic acid monolayer on water has been observed with a Brewster angle microscope. The pressure dependence of the alkyl chain tilt angle has been deduced from the quantitative analysis of microscopic images.Keywords
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