Re-Evaluating the Surface Tension Analysis of Polyelectrolyte-Surfactant Mixtures Using Phase-Sensitive Sum Frequency Generation Spectroscopy

2014 ◽  
Vol 136 (43) ◽  
pp. 15114-15117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Hu ◽  
Keng C. Chou
2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (21) ◽  
pp. 6082
Author(s):  
Tobias Schweizer ◽  
Bruno G. Nicolau ◽  
Priscila Cavassin ◽  
Thomas Feurer ◽  
Natalie Banerji ◽  
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Author(s):  
Shoichi Yamaguchi ◽  
Takuhiro Otosu

Sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy is a unique and powerful tool for investigating surfaces and interfaces at the molecular level. Phase-sensitive SFG (PS-SFG) is an upgraded technique that can overcome...


2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (19) ◽  
pp. 5883-5887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shumei Sun ◽  
Chuanshan Tian ◽  
Y. Ron Shen

Sum-frequency generation spectroscopy is surface specific only if the bulk contribution to the signal is negligible. Negligible bulk contribution is, however, not necessarily true, even for media with inversion symmetry. The inevitable challenge is to find the surface spectrum in the presence of bulk contribution, part of which has been believed to be inseparable from the surface contribution. Here, we show that, for nonpolar media, it is possible to separately deduce surface and bulk spectra from combined phase-sensitive sum-frequency vibrational spectroscopic measurements in reflection and transmission. The study of benzene interfaces is presented as an example.


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