The use of neutron reflectometry to study the structure and composition of surfactant layers
adsorbed at the air/water interface is reviewed. A critical assessment of the results from this …

Recent developments in characterising Langmuir monolayers of a variety of film-forming
materials and employing several physicochemical techniques are reviewed. The extension …

Infrared reflection–absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) of lipid/protein monolayer films in situ at
the air/water interface provides unique molecular structure and orientation information from …

Infrared and Raman Spectroscopy of Biological Materials facilitates a comprehensive and
through understanding of the latest developments in vibrational spectroscopy. It contains …

Enzymatic hydrolysis holds great promise for plastic waste recycling and upcycling. The
interfacial catalysis mode, and the variability of polymer specimen properties under different …

The development of self-propelled motors that mimic biological motors is an important
challenge for the transport of either themselves or some material in a small space, since …

The conformation of protein molecules is determined by a balance of various forces,
including van der Waals attraction, electrostatic interaction, hydrogen bonding, and …

Monolayers of behenic acid methyl ester at the air/H2O and air/D2O interfaces provide a
convenient test for quantitative analysis of infrared reflection− absorption spectroscopy …

The lipid monolayer model membrane is useful for studying the parameters responsible for
protein and peptide membrane binding. Different approaches have been used to determine …

At the air/liquid interface, cation binding specificity of alkaline earth cations, Mg2+ and Ca2+,
with the biologically relevant ligand carboxylate (COO−) using vibrational sum frequency …