ELECTROCHEMISTRY OF LIQUID-LIQUID INTERFACES

Abstract

The electrified interface is an important aspect of all heterogeneous chemical systems. It is a vital feature of many biochemical systems as well as of other less complex systems, including, for example, colloids, gels, artificial membranes, and metal-electrolyte interfaces. Steady-state mesurements were carried out in Japan by Watanabe and co-workers, who investigated a wide range of surface-active agents at the water-methyl isobutyl ketone, water-butanol, and water-pentanol interfaces. This chapter shows the relationships between the quantities and the current ideas on the possible physical pictures of the ITIES. The amount of data for ionic standard Gibbs energy of transfer or partition is still rather limited. During the recent years, the model of ionic solvation of Abraham and Liszi has been used for this type of prediction.