Handbook on Synchrotron Radiation, Volume 4 (Handbook on Synchrotron Radiation)
Contributors: S. Ebashi (Editor); M. Koch (Editor); E. Rubenstein (Editor)
Publisher: North Holland
Published: August 1, 1991
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 764
ISBN-13: 9780444874238
Subjects: Anatomy; Biophysics; Experimental techniques; Medical research; Optics (light); Radiation Chemistry; Radioactivity; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Life Sciences - Biophysics; Physics; Science / Physics
First sentence: A Langmuir film (Langmuir 1917) consists of amphiphilic molecules, each molecule having a head which attracts water (hydrophilic) and a tail which repulses water (hydrophobic).