DOI: 10.1039/d6cp02386j ISSN: 1463-9076

Quantitative comparison of surface coverages derived from surface tension and XPS measurements

Kunal Meshram, Louisa Cablitz, Clemens Richter, Shirin Gholami, Daniela Torres-Díaz, Qi Zhou, Michele Pugini, Rémi Dupuy, Gunnar Öhrwall, Christophe Nicolas, Hendrik Bluhm, Tillmann Buttersack

The surface coverage of aqueous solutions of sulfonates is determined by photoelectron spectroscopy and surface tension measurements. Constraints leading to quantitative agreement are discussed.