Cosima Stubenrauch and Regine von Klitzing 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 R1197 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/27/201
Cosima Stubenrauch1,3 and Regine von Klitzing2
Show affiliationsThe present review is a topical survey of the disjoining pressure in thin liquid foam and emulsion films from both the experimental and the theoretical points of view. Section 2 deals with the latest research work on experimental techniques with which the disjoining pressure Π in foam, emulsion, and pseudo-emulsion films can be measured. Although a lot of techniques are available, the question of the origin of the charges at the water/air and the water/oil interfaces of films, which are stabilized by non-ionic surfactants, has not yet been answered. We address this question in section 3, reviewing the latest relevant literature. The relevance of structural forces for the disjoining pressure is outlined in section 4, which focuses on films which are stabilized by surfactant/polyelectrolyte mixtures.
68.05.-n Liquid-liquid interfaces
82.70.Kj Emulsions and suspensions
Soft matter, liquids and polymers
Issue 27 (16 July 2003)
Received 3 December 2002
Published 27 June 2003
Cosima Stubenrauch and Regine von Klitzing 2003 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 15 R1197
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