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Charged surfactant adsorption and detergency upon reconstituted plant cuticular wax films: A neutron reflection study

Abstract: A number of studies have determined that non-ionic surfactants are capable of altering diffusionrates and transportation of both water and active ingredients thorough the waxy barrier of variouscrops, manipulating their morphology and structural integrity; however past investigations into the bulk composition of cuticular waxes suggest that charged and zwitterionic surfactants have a minimal effect upon the transportation properties of waxes.Our investigations into the influence of charged surfactants upon ultra-thin nano-films of reconstituted waxes - representative of waxes found upon the surfaces of crops - suggest that these surfactants do have a significant influence upon wax structure and integrity. A neutron study into the interaction of charged surfactants with waxes will allow us understand how surfactants promote the transport of water and active ingredients into crops.

Principal Investigator: Professor Jian Lu
Experimenter: Dr Zongyi Li
Local Contact: Dr Mario Campana
Experimenter: Dr Elias Pambou
Experimenter: Dr Xuzhi Hu
Experimenter: Mr Sean Ruane

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1610061

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1610061

Part DOI Instrument Public release date Download Link
10.5286/ISIS.E.73947134 INTER 15 March 2019 Download

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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