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Uncontaminated Hydrophobic/Water Interfaces Are Uncharged: A Reply
Author(s) -
Roger Kevin,
Cabane Bernard
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201207114
Subject(s) - chemistry , macromolecule , carboxylic acid , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering , biochemistry
Pure is uncharged : Uncontaminated hydrophobic interfaces, such as PMMA‐H/water interfaces, are uncharged. If the macromolecules have instead ionizable carboxylic acid endgroups, such as PMMA‐COOH, a surface charge similar to the contaminated oil/water interface is obtained.