Langmuir layers

Our laboratory is equipped with different Langmuir troughs, each designed for a specific purpose.

  • KSV NIMA double trough, equipped with two Wilhelmy Balances. Designed for either Langmuir-Schaeffer or Langmuir-Blodgett film transfer on solid substrate (glass, silicon or mica) are possible.
  • R&K system, that can be mounted on our Epifluorescence microscope, on the ellipsometer or on the interfacial rheometer (ISR). Three different trough can operate with this system: a mini trough for measurements on proteins; a larger, custom-made trough for ISR and Ellipsometry; a trough with a quartz window, for Epifluorescence measurements on the inverted microscope.