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Area of Science:

  • Surface Chemistry
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy

Background:

  • Understanding the electric double-layer potential (ϕ₀) at liquid-gas interfaces is crucial for various chemical processes.
  • Existing methods for quantifying ϕ₀ can be time-consuming or lack precision.
  • Surfactant mixtures significantly influence interfacial properties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy as a rapid and accurate method for quantifying electric double-layer potential (ϕ₀) at liquid-gas interfaces.
  • To investigate the influence of mixed nonionic (C₁₀E₄) and cationic (C₁₆TAB) surfactant solutions on ϕ₀.
  • To validate SFG spectroscopy results using complementary techniques.

Main Methods:

  • Vibrational sum-frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy was employed to analyze interfacial water molecules.
  • A thin-film pressure balance (TFPB) was used to obtain disjoining pressure isotherms.
  • Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) analysis was applied to TFPB data for ϕ₀ validation.

Main Results:

  • SFG spectroscopy effectively quantifies variations in electric double-layer potential (ϕ₀) at liquid-gas interfaces.
  • A single ϕ₀ value allowed for the disentanglement of nonlinear optical contributions (χ⁽²⁾ and χ⁽³⁾) in SFG spectra.
  • SFG-derived ϕ₀ values for varying C₁₆TAB/C₁₀E₄ ratios showed excellent agreement with TFPB results.

Conclusions:

  • SFG spectroscopy is a fast and reliable technique for determining electric double-layer potential at liquid-gas interfaces.
  • The study successfully validated SFG spectroscopy against TFPB measurements for mixed surfactant systems.
  • This work provides a new approach for characterizing interfacial electrostatics in complex solutions.