A conformational phase transition in a Langmuir film of an amphiphilic azacrown

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Gidalevitz, D
Mindyuk, OY
Stetzer, MR
Heiney, PA [1 ]
Kurnaz, ML
Schwartz, DK
Ocko, BM
McCauley, JP
Smith, AB
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Phys & Astron, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Res Struct Matter Lab, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[3] Tulane Univ, Dept Chem, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA
[4] Brookhaven Natl Lab, Dept Phys, Upton, NY 11973 USA
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10.1021/jp982412o
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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We have used grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction, X-ray reflectivity, and Brewster-angle microscopy to study an amphiphilic azacrown derivative at the air-water interface. The compound studied has a ring-shaped, flexible core with six alkyl chains attached. As the density is increased, the molecules undergo a phase transition from a face-on structure, with the alkyl tails extending away from the interface, to a thicker edge-on structure, with the tails extending radially away from the core. Concomitant with this rearrangement, the film develops long-range in-plane structural order.
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