The Adsorption of Dodecyltrimethylammonium Bromide on Mica in Aqueous Solution Studied by X-Ray Diffraction and Atomic Force Microscopy.
The adsorption of dodecyltrimethylammonium bromide (DTAB) onto natural muscovite mica and a synthetic expandable mica (EM) in aqueous solution has been investigated using both microscopic and macroscopic surface characterization techniques. The electrokinetic properties of the surfaces were monitored as a function of the concentration of DTAB using atomic force microscopy and microelectrophoresis. The adsorption isotherm of DTAB on EM was measured up to a solution concentration just below the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant. The thickness of the adsorbed layer on EM was determined using X-ray diffraction. Results indicate that the adsorbed layer consists of molecules lying quite flat on the mica surface at low concentrations and adsorbed in interleaved aggregate structures at concentrations approaching the critical micelle concentration of the surfactant in solution. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
Whitby
Catherine P.
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Particulate Fluids Processing Centre, School of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
Scales
Peter J.
PJ
Grieser
Franz
F
Healy
Thomas W.
TW
Nishimura
Satoshi
S
Tateyama
Hiroshi
H