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Compression of a Stearic Acid Surfactant Layer on Water Investigated by Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy.

Harmen HoekTimm GerberClemens RichterRémi DupuyRebecca J RapfHolger OertelTillmann ButtersackLena TrotochaudOsman KarslıoğluDana GoodacreMonika BlumSabrina M GerickeChristin BuechnerBruce RudeFrieder MugeleKevin R WilsonHendrik Bluhm
Published in: The journal of physical chemistry. B (2024)
We present a combined Langmuir-Pockels trough and ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) study of the compression of stearic acid surfactant layers on neat water. Changes in the packing density of the molecules are directly determined from C 1s and O 1s APXPS data. The experimental data are fit with a 2D model for the stearic acid coverage. Based on the results of these proof-of-principle experiments, we discuss the remaining challenges that need to be overcome for future investigations of the role of surfactants in heterogeneous chemical reactions at liquid-vapor interfaces in combined Langmuir-Pockels trough and APXPS measurements.
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