Morphology and structural characterization of organized monolayers by Brewster angle microscopy

Brewster angle microscopy N·dodecyl·y·hydroxybutyric acid amide synchrotron X·ray grazing incidence diffraction 4'·oclyl-1,1 '-biphenyl-4·carbonilride Brewster angle microscopy has been involved in some of tho recent advances in tho field of monomolecular layers, such as the detection of a phase transition in monolayars formed by a surfactant at the solution surface, the determination of the line tension of condensed phase domains coexisting with a liquid expanded phase, as well as new insights in the role of head group interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonds) and in the organisation of biological materials in thin films.