TY - JOUR
T1 - Structure and depletion at fluorocarbon and hydrocarbon/water liquid/liquid interfaces
AU - Kashimoto, Kaoru
AU - Yoon, Jaesung
AU - Hou, Binyang
AU - Chen, Chiu Hao
AU - Lin, Binhua
AU - Aratono, Makoto
AU - Takiue, Takanori
AU - Schlossman, Mark L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/8/14
Y1 - 2008/8/14
N2 - The results of x-ray reflectivity studies of two oil/water (liquid/liquid) interfaces are inconsistent with recent predictions of the presence of a vaporlike depletion region at hydrophobic/aqueous interfaces. One of the oils, perfluorohexane, is a fluorocarbon whose superhydrophobic interface with water provides a stringent test for the presence of a depletion layer. The other oil, heptane, is a hydrocarbon and, therefore, is more relevant to the study of biomolecular hydrophobicity. These results are consistent with the subangstrom proximity of water to soft hydrophobic materials.
AB - The results of x-ray reflectivity studies of two oil/water (liquid/liquid) interfaces are inconsistent with recent predictions of the presence of a vaporlike depletion region at hydrophobic/aqueous interfaces. One of the oils, perfluorohexane, is a fluorocarbon whose superhydrophobic interface with water provides a stringent test for the presence of a depletion layer. The other oil, heptane, is a hydrocarbon and, therefore, is more relevant to the study of biomolecular hydrophobicity. These results are consistent with the subangstrom proximity of water to soft hydrophobic materials.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.076102
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.076102
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:49749119093
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 101
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 7
M1 - 076102
ER -