Journal
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 14, Issue 2, Pages 607-615Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c1cp22552a
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- European Space Agency [AO-99-052, AO-2009-0813]
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
- European Science Foundation
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The properties and structure of different types of interfacial layers obtained from aqueous dispersions of nanometric silica and palmitic acid (PA) have been studied and characterized by different diagnostics and measurements. The investigations concern PA monolayers spread on the silica dispersions, dispersions in contact with PA solutions in oil and silica dispersions containing PA, aiming at elucidating the role of the PA interaction with the particles and investigating the surface-activity of the originated silica-PA complexes. Drop shape tensiometry was utilized to measure the dynamic surface and interfacial tension while a Langmuir trough apparatus was used to obtain compression isotherms of the spread PA layers and to measure the dilational viscoelasticity according to the oscillating barrier method. Brewster angle microscopy and ellipsometry were utilized to investigate the lateral and vertical structure of the interfacial layers. From this multifold approach emerges a complex picture of the features of these interfacial layers that can be rationalized on the basis of the adsorption of PA on the particle surface. The results evidence a threshold in PA adsorption above which particles change from hydrophilic to partially hydrophobic, promoting their incorporation into the interfacial layer.
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