Chemistry Letters, Vol.36, No.1, 148-149, 2007
In situ measurement of individual W/O microemulsions of aerosol OT in dodecane/water extraction system by total internal reflection laser light scattering microscopy
The laser light scattering microscopy under the total internal reflection condition allowed one to do in situ measurements of individual W/O microemulsions of aerosol OT (AOT) formed spontaneously at a dodecane/water interface in a thin-layer two-phase microcell. The instrument can detect the AOT microemulsions being larger than 50 nm in hydrodynamic radius at the interface and in the dodecane phase without any probe molecules.