The role of competitive counterion adsorption on the electrolyte induced surface ordering in methyl ester sulfonate surfactants at the air-water interface

The strong binding of Al3+ trivalent counterions to the anionic surfactants sodium polyethylene glycol monoalkyl ether sulfate and α-methyl ester sulfonate results in surface multilayer formation at the air-water interface. In contrast the divalent and monovalent counterions Ca2+ and Na+ result only...

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Main Authors: Xu, H, Li, P, Ma, K, Welbourn, RJL, Penfold, J, Thomas, RK, Roberts, DW, Petkov, JT
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018