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Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 2. CTAB and Triton X-100 Mixtures on Silica (2011)
Journal Article
Woods, D., Petkov, J., & Bain, C. (2011). Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 2. CTAB and Triton X-100 Mixtures on Silica. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 115(22), 7353-7363. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp201340j

Total internal reflection (TIR) Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the kinetics of adsorption, desorption, and displacement of mixed surfactant systems at the silica–water interface. The limited penetration depth of the evanescent wave provide... Read More about Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 2. CTAB and Triton X-100 Mixtures on Silica.

Nanofluidic networks created and controlled by light (2011)
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Woods, D., Mellor, C., Taylor, J., Bain, C., & Ward, A. (2011). Nanofluidic networks created and controlled by light. Soft Matter, 7(6), 2517-2520. https://doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01183e

Nanofluidic networks have been fabricated in an oil-in-water emulsion. Micron-sized oil drops with ultralow interfacial tensions are connected by stable oil threads a few nm across. Lasers are used both to construct the nanofluidic network and to tra... Read More about Nanofluidic networks created and controlled by light.

Adsorption kinetics in binary surfactant mixtures studied with external reflection FTIR spectroscopy (2007)
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Day, J., Campbell, R., Russell, O., & Bain, C. (2007). Adsorption kinetics in binary surfactant mixtures studied with external reflection FTIR spectroscopy. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111(25), 8757-8774. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp067051o

The adsorption kinetics of mixtures of soluble surfactants at the air-water interface was studied on an overflowing cylinder. Vibrational spectra of the adsorbed monolayers were acquired by external reflection Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,... Read More about Adsorption kinetics in binary surfactant mixtures studied with external reflection FTIR spectroscopy.

Polarization effects in optically bound particle arrays (2006)
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Mellor, C., Fennerty, T., & Bain, C. (2006). Polarization effects in optically bound particle arrays. Optics Express, 14(21), 10079-10088. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.14.010079

Sub-micron polystyrene spheres spontaneously assemble into twodimensional arrays in the evanescent field of counterpropagating laser beams at the silica–water interface. The symmetry and dynamics of these arrays depends on the particle size and the p... Read More about Polarization effects in optically bound particle arrays.

Optical sculpture: controlled deformation of emulsion droplets with ultralow interfacial tensions using optical tweezers (2006)
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Ward, A., Berry, M., Mellor, C., & Bain, C. (2006). Optical sculpture: controlled deformation of emulsion droplets with ultralow interfacial tensions using optical tweezers. Chemical Communications, 43, 4515-4517. https://doi.org/10.1039/b610060k

We report a technique for deforming micron-sized emulsion droplets that have ultralow interfacial tensions, by the manipulation of multiple optical trapping sites within the droplets.