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CURRENT OPINION IN COLLOID & INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 19, Issue 3, Pages 176-182Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2013.07.006
Keywords
Langmuir monolayer; Air/water interface; Self-assembly; Biophysics; Water
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- Alexander von Humboldt foundation
- Max Planck Society
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Physico-chemical processes at air/liquid interfaces are of paramount importance in nature. The Langmuir technique offers the possibility of forming a well-defined monolayer of amphiphilic molecules under study at the air/liquid interface, with a unique control of the area per molecule and other experimental conditions. Despite being a traditional technique in Colloid and Interface science, there is an ever growing interest in Langmuir studies. Herein, recent developing fields of research currently taking advantage of the Langmuir technique are reviewed, comprising the interfacial structure of: water, biomolecules and inorganic/organic hybrids. The good state of the Langmuir technique at present and the foreseeable increase of its usage are discussed. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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