ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

SANS Study of the interaction of model wax alcohols with non-ionic surfactants at different temperatures

Abstract: The understanding of the plant wax-surfactant interaction process is crucial to the development of more effective pesticide and fungicide formulations, essential for improving food production whilst reducing environmental impact. It is widely recognised that the detergency actions of surfactants can can hugely influence the transport properties of both water and active ingredients through the waxy leaf surface, however the role of the different wax components is not well understood.The aim of this work is to study how long-chain alcohols and alkyl-esters (the main components that make up wheat and barley waxes) interact with non-ionic CnEm micelles. This study will enable us to determine how representative the alcohol and ester chains are of the reconstituted waxes as a whole and to observe the influence of these component chains upon the miceller shape and structure.

Principal Investigator: Professor Jian Lu
Experimenter: Mr Ruiheng Li
Experimenter: Dr Elias Pambou
Experimenter: Mr Henry Cox
Local Contact: Dr Steve King
Experimenter: Dr Zongyi Li

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1520238

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1520238

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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