Abstract
X-ray reflectivity measurements have been carried out at the liquid/vapor interface of normal alkanes. The reflectivities over a large temperature range of different chain lengths (C20 and C36) provide a critical test of the various capillary wave models. Our data are most consistent with the hybrid model which allows for a molecular size dependent cutoff qmax for the capillary waves and an intrinsic interface width σ0.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 242-245 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1994 |
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