Neutron reflection has been used to investigate the adsorption of mixed nonionic surfactant and nonionic/anionic surfactant mixtures containing dodecanol, at the air/water interface. The measurements clearly demonstrate the preferential adsorption of the more surface active shorter ethylene oxide nonionic surfactants, particularly of dodecanol. The usual trend for the more surface active components to decrease their presence in the surface layer as the total surfactant concentration increases is not observed for dodecanol. This results from the occurrence of unfavorable micellar geometries in mixtures containing dodecanol which control adsorption through their effect on monomer concentration. Regular solution theory cannot be used to describe the behavior of these systems.
SUN Lu ZHU LiZhong Department of Environmental Science Zhejiang University Hangzhou China Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health Ministry of Education Hangzhou China
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SUN Lu ZHU LiZhong Department of Environmental Science Zhejiang University Hangzhou China Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Ecosystem Health Ministry of Education Hangzhou China