Morphology and structural characterization of organized monolayers by Brewster angle microscopy

Brewster angle microscopy has been involved in some of the recent advances in the field of monomolecular layers, such as the detection of a phase transition in monolayers formed by a surfactant at the solution surface, the determination of the line tension of condensed phase domains coexisting with a liquid expanded phase, as well as new insights in the role of head group interactions (e.g. hydrogen bonds) and in the organisation of biological materials in thin films.