Adsorption of charged species (ions and ionic surfactants)

  • Surfactant ions may be specifically adsorbed onto the surface of a particle
  • Cationic surfactants would lead to a positively charged surface
  • Anionic surfactants would lead to a negatively charged surface
Cationic surfactant

Anionic surfactant

 
 

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