Investigation of the molecular motion of self-assembled fatty acid films

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作者
Risse, T [1 ]
Hill, T [1 ]
Schmidt, J [1 ]
Abend, G [1 ]
Hamann, H [1 ]
Freund, HJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Gesell, Fritz Haber Inst, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B | 1998年 / 102卷 / 15期
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10.1021/jp972459u
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We have investigated self-assembled stearic acid films adsorbed on an Al2O3 film by means of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) as well as near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The stearic acid molecules are orientated in the film as shown by the NEXAFS data. Doping of the film with spin-labels in order to make the films accessible to EPR spectroscopy distorts the structure only slightly as long as the concentration of the spin-labels is low. The temperature-dependent EPR spectra reveal a distinct dependence of the onset of the rotational motion of the spin-label with variation of the location of the spin-label along the chain. The analysis of the EPR line shape allows to gain insight into the internal motion of the molecular chain.
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页码:2668 / 2676
页数:9
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