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Time-resolved phase-sensitive second harmonic generation spectroscopy (2015)
Journal Article
Nowakowski, P. J., Woods, D. A., Bain, C. D., & Verlet, J. R. (2015). Time-resolved phase-sensitive second harmonic generation spectroscopy. The Journal of Chemical Physics, 142(8), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4909522

A methodology based on time-resolved, phase-sensitive second harmonic generation (SHG) for probing the excited state dynamics of species at interfaces is presented. It is based on an interference measurement between the SHG from the sample and a loca... Read More about Time-resolved phase-sensitive second harmonic generation spectroscopy.

Total Internal Reflection Spectroscopy for Studying Soft Matter (2014)
Journal Article
Woods, D. A., & Bain, C. D. (2014). Total Internal Reflection Spectroscopy for Studying Soft Matter. Soft Matter, 10(8), 1071-1096. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm52817k

Total internal reflection (TIR) spectroscopy is a widely used technique to study soft matter at interfaces. This tutorial review aims to provide researchers with an overview of the principles, experimental design and applications of TIR spectroscopy... Read More about Total Internal Reflection Spectroscopy for Studying Soft Matter.

Total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy (2012)
Journal Article
Woods, D. A., & Bain, C. D. (2012). Total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy. Analyst, 137(1), 35-48. https://doi.org/10.1039/c1an15722a

Total internal reflection (TIR) Raman spectroscopy is an experimentally straightforward, surface-sensitive technique for obtaining chemically specific spectroscopic information from a region within approximately 100–200 nm of a surface. While TIR Ram... Read More about Total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy.

Surfactant adsorption by total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy. Part III: Adsorption onto cellulose (2011)
Journal Article
Woods, D. A., Petkov, J., & Bain, C. D. (2011). Surfactant adsorption by total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy. Part III: Adsorption onto cellulose. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 391(1-3), 10-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2011.07.027

TIR Raman spectroscopy has been used to study the adsorption of surfactants onto cellulose. The cellulose was prepared by Langmuir–Blodgett deposition of trimethylsilylcellulose onto silica followed by removal of the trimethylsilyl groups with acid t... Read More about Surfactant adsorption by total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy. Part III: Adsorption onto cellulose.

Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 1. Pure Surfactants on Silica (2011)
Journal Article
Woods, D. A., Petkov, J., & Bain, C. D. (2011). Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 1. Pure Surfactants on Silica. Journal of Physical Chemistry B (Soft Condensed Matter and Biophysical Chemistry), 115(22), 7341-7352. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp201338s

Total internal reflection Raman spectroscopy provides a sensitive probe of surfactants adsorbed at an interface. A visible laser passes through a silica hemisphere and reflects off the flat silica–water interface. An evanescent wave probes 100 nm of... Read More about Surfactant Adsorption Kinetics by Total Internal Reflection Raman Spectroscopy. 1. Pure Surfactants on Silica.

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)
Journal Article
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.