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Self-Assembly at Water Nanodroplet Interfaces Quantified with Nonlinear Light Scattering

Smolentsev, N.  
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Roke, S.  
August 11, 2020
Langmuir

The interfaces of water micro- and nanodroplets drive environmental, medical, catalytic, biological, and chemical biphasic processes. The interfacial droplet structure and electrostatics greatly determine the reactivity and efficiency of these processes. Droplet interfacial properties are elusive and generally inferred from bulk measurements and are therefore anything but exact. Here, we quantify the interfacial ordering of water and the electrostatic surface potential of nanoscale water droplets in an apolar liquid using angle-resolved polarimetric second-harmonic scattering. We also present a method to determine the amount of free charges in the hydrophobic phase, reaching a sensitivity that is 3 orders of magnitude better than conductivity measurements. Investigating the structural and surface electrostatic changes induced by AOT surfactant adsorption, we find that both the hydrogen bonding as well as the electrostatics strongly depend on the surfactant concentration. Above the critical micelle concentration, the interface mediates micelle self-assembly.

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research article
DOI
10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01887
Web of Science ID

WOS:000562137700031

Author(s)
Smolentsev, N.  
Roke, S.  
Date Issued

2020-08-11

Publisher

AMER CHEMICAL SOC

Published in
Langmuir
Volume

36

Issue

31

Start page

9317

End page

9322

Subjects

Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry, Physical

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Materials Science, Multidisciplinary

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Chemistry

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Materials Science

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2nd-harmonic generation

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confined water

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surface

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aot

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droplets

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particles

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hydration

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dynamics

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REVIEWED

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September 9, 2020
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