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Dynamics of Surfactants and Polymers at Liquid Interfaces

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Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces

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In the first part, we provide the background describing the adsorption dynamics in surfactant solutions, including the cases of kinetically and diffusion controlled dynamics. The second part deals with the dynamics of polymer molecules at interfaces. We provide a review of the mechanisms involved in the adsorption dynamics of polymer molecules at liquid interfaces. We show that there are energy barriers, of steric or electrostatic nature which tend to slow down the adsorption of polymer molecules in comparaison to surfactant systems. We also review results concerning the surface shear and compression properties of adsorbed and spread polymer monolayers at liquid interfaces. In particular, we describe existing models describing the mushroom to brush transition, which occurs in polymer layers as the surface concentration increases. At last, we review recent experimental results concerning the diffusion of polymer molecules at interfaces.

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The authors acknowledge financial support from ANR JCJC INTERPOL.

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  1. IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Greece

    Benoît Loppinet

  2. École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI), ParisTech, PSL Research University, Sciences et Ingénierie de la Matière Molle, CNRS UMR 7615, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Cécile Monteux

  3. Sorbonne-Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, SIMM, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Cécile Monteux

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Loppinet, B., Monteux, C. (2016). Dynamics of Surfactants and Polymers at Liquid Interfaces. In: Lang, P., Liu, Y. (eds) Soft Matter at Aqueous Interfaces. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 917. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24502-7_5

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