title: Ionic rectification properties of a bipolar interface consisting of a cationic surfactant and cation-exchange membrane.
abstract: A novel bipolar interface that consists of cationic surfactant and cation-exchange membrane was successfully prepared in an aqueous electrolyte system. This bipolar interface shows a ionic rectification behavior similar to that observed in bipolar membranes. However, different from bipolar membranes, this system has a total rectification behavior, where we cannot observe the occurrence of a water-splitting phenomenon, which always occurs in the bipolar membrane process under reverse bias conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152, Japan.
authors.forename: Veinardi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Suendo
authors.forename: Rie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eto
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanioka