Film thickness and Ageing influences on Surfactant Distribution and Nanostructure in PVA Films

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Recent NR results (fig 1) have shown the ability to characterise surface segregation and nanostructuring of surfactants in PVA film. As well as the fundamental scientific interest, this behaviour is relevant to the ageing and performance of PVA film used in unit dose detergent products. Surface segregation will impact wettability and the ability to seal PVA films together and the nanostructuring is likely to alter the reversibility of surface segregation and the tendency for lateral migration. This experiment aims to better understand whether the surface segregation process is diffusion limited and kinetically trapped or reflects the equilibrium outcome for plasticised PVA film with surfactant. By exploring films that are thicker and contain lower surfactant loadings, not only do we approach more realistic formulations, but the systems are inherently slower to equilibrate.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.86389704
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/86389704
Provenance
Creator Dr Nina-Juliane Steinke; Miss Rebecca Fong; Dr Richard Thompson; Ms Elise Sabattie
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2020
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-05-25T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-05-28T13:17:31Z