Direct Optical Measurements of Capillary Wave Damping at Liquid-Vapor Interfaces

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1992. “Direct Optical Measurements of Capillary Wave Damping at Liquid-Vapor Interfaces”

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We studied the effect of surfactant monolayers on capillary wave damping; the damping coefficient goes through a maximum at the transition between the liquid-expanded/gas coexistent region and the liquid-expanded phase.