ABSTRACT

I. Introduction 252

A. Film Balance and Video Enhanced Fluorescence

Microscopy at the Air/Water Interface 252

II. Topological Analysis of Domains Structures 255

III. Chemical Analysis Surfactant Composition Using Imaging

Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry 258

A. TOF-SIMS and Laser-SNMS 258

B. The Principles of TOF-SIMS and Laser-SNMS

Technique 259

The Technique 259

The Instrumentation 261

Sample Preparation 261

Mass Spectra 261

Imaging 262

Specific Features 262

C. TOF-SIMS and SNMS-Investigations of DPPC/DPPG/ SP-C-Films 263

Aim of the Investigation 263

Current affiliation: Lehrstuhl fu¨r Biophysik, Ruhr Universita¨t Bochum, Universita¨- tsstrasse, Bochum, Germany.