Abstract
At the initial stage of surfactant adsorption (when the layer is relatively diluted), the kinetics may be dominated by factors related to the transfer of molecules through the subsurface region and onto the interface. We consider two independent physical effects: (1) diffusion through a subsur- face layer with nanometer thickness, where structuring or molecular interactions can impose substantial changes on the transfer rate, as compared with the bulk diffusion and (2) hindrance to the act of adsorption itself, when the molecules hit the interface from a place directly adjacent to it. These two effects are taken into account by formulating a model which includes the balance of fluxes in the subsurface layer. This model allows one to find analytical solution for the adsorption asafunctionoftime.Applicationofthetheoryisillustratedby analyzing experimental data for two proteins which adsorb on air/water interface. Attention is paid to the particular case when the resistance to adsorption is relatively small but is still significant as compared with the bulk diffusion. Then, the theoretical fit ofthe adsorptionvs. timecanbeimplemented in a specific linear scale. The overall resistance of the interfacial zone comprises additive contributions from the hindrance to the act of adsorption and from the (retarded) diffusion through the subsurface layer. They are incorporated into one physical parameter (or characteristic time), which influences the kinetics.
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