The structural characterization of microgels at interfaces is fundamental to understand both
their 2D phase behavior and their role as stabilizers that enable emulsions to be broken on …

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), a potentially lethal respiratory illness caused by the
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emerged in the end of 2019 and has since spread aggressively …

Among all methods available for the preparation of multifunctional nanostructured composite
materials with remarkable functional properties, Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembly is currently …

Hypothesis: The milder interaction with biosystems makes the zwitterionic surfactants an
important class of surfactants, and they are widely used in biological applications and in …

Specular neutron reflectometry is a powerful technique to resolve interfacial compositions
and structures in soft matter. Surprisingly however, even after several decades, a universal …

The swelling and solvation of 100–200 nm thin films of a diblock copolymer consisting of a
short poly (methyl methacrylate)(PMMA) block and a long poly (N-isopropylacrylamide) …

In many applications of polyelectrolyte/surfactant (P/S) mixtures, it is difficult to fine-tune
them after mixing the components without changing the sample composition, eg pH or the …

Seed extracts from Moringa oleifera are of wide interest for use in water purification where
they can play an important role in flocculation; they also have potential as anti-microbial …

Hypothesis Unravelling the structural diversity of cellular membranes is a paramount
challenge in life sciences. In particular, lipid composition affects the membrane collective …

We address here the role of oxidation impurities on the structure of graphene oxide films at
the air–water interface by specular neutron reflectivity (SNR). We study films of purified …