AUTHOR=Wellert Stefan , Stehle Ralf , Micciulla Samantha , Dahl Margarethe , Steitz Roland , Hellweg Thomas , Holderer Olaf 

TITLE=A Combined Wetting and Scattering Study of the Near Surface Ordering in Sugar Surfactant Based Bicontinuous Microemulsions at Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Surfaces

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Soft Matter

VOLUME=2

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/soft-matter/articles/10.3389/frsfm.2022.887610

DOI=10.3389/frsfm.2022.887610

ISSN=2813-0499

ABSTRACT=<p>The commercial availability of natural surfactants, e.g., alkyl-oligoglucosides and the solubilization of plant and food grade oils extends the field of applications for microemulsions. To study potential effects of the confinement on the structure and dynamics inside a microemulsion, neutron reflectometry and neutron spin echo spectroscopy under grazing incidence have been used. Measurements of the contact between a bicontinuous microemulsion and a hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface are compared and show a similar wetting behavior and near surface structuring.</p>