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SUBMITTER: Smolentsev N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5458086 | biostudies-other | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Smolentsev Nikolay N Smit Wilbert J WJ Bakker Huib J HJ Roke Sylvie S
Nature communications 20170524
Nanoscopic and microscopic water droplets and ice crystals embedded in liquid hydrophobic surroundings are key components of aerosols, rocks, oil fields and the human body. The chemical properties of such droplets critically depend on the interfacial structure of the water droplet. Here we report the surface structure of 200 nm-sized water droplets in mixtures of hydrophobic oils and surfactants as obtained from vibrational sum frequency scattering measurements. The interface of a water droplet ...[more]