Structure of a liquid/liquid interface during solvent extraction combining X-ray and neutron reflectivity
E Scoppola1, E Watkins, G Li Destri
1Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
|May 21, 2015
Abstract:
We have resolved the molecular structure of a bulk oil/water interface that contains amphiphilic ligand molecules using a combination of X-ray and neutron reflectivity measurements for the first time. This new capability can greatly impact future work in the field of ion separation by phase transfer, i.e. liquid/liquid extraction.


