Formación de la capa de popa inducida por interacciones hidrofóbicas: un estudio de estudio a nivel molecular.

Rüdiger Scheu1, Yixing Chen, Mireia Subinya

  • 1Laboratory for fundamental BioPhotonics (LBP), Institute of Bioengineering (IBI), School of Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.

Resumen

Las interacciones hidrofóbicas de los iones tetraalquilamonio influyen en la estructura de la superficie de las nanodropleta. Los cationes más grandes se adsorben a la interfaz, formando una capa mixta y alterando la capa doble eléctrica.

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