Influence of calcium ions on rhamnolipid and rhamnolipid/anionic surfactant adsorption and self-assembly.

The impact of Ca(2+) counterions on the adsorption at the air-water interface and self-assembly in aqueous solution of the rhamnolipid biosurfactant and its mixture with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, LAS, has been studied using neutron reflectometry and small-angle neutron s...

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Main Authors: Chen, M, Dong, C, Penfold, J, Thomas, R, Smyth, T, Perfumo, A, Marchant, R, Banat, I, Stevenson, P, Parry, A, Tucker, I, Grillo, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013