FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY OBSERVATIONS OF DOMAIN-STRUCTURES IN LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS OF N-STEAROYLSERINE METHYL-ESTER AND N-STEAROYLVALINE AT INTERMEDIATE ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITIONS

被引:11
作者
PARAZAK, DP [1 ]
UANG, JYJ [1 ]
WHITT, SA [1 ]
STINE, KJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MISSOURI,DEPT CHEM,ST LOUIS,MO 63121
关键词
LANGMUIR MONOLAYER; CHIRAL SURFACTANT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;
D O I
10.1016/0009-3084(94)02416-3
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Langmuir monolayers of N-stearoylvaline and N-stearoylserine methyl ester were studied at compositions intermediate between the racemic and the purely enantiomeric using surface pressure isotherm measurements and fluorescence microscopy observations. The transition pressure was found to vary smoothly with composition for both compounds. Curved dendritic forms were observed at intermediate compositions, indicating an anisotropy in the line tension. A novel crossover from dendritic to curved domain morphology at slower domain growth rate is reported for the films of enantiomeric N-stearoylserine methyl ester.
引用
收藏
页码:155 / 161
页数:7
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]   CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION IN SOLUTIONS AND IN LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS [J].
ANDELMAN, D ;
ORLAND, H .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1993, 115 (26) :12322-12329
[2]   ON THE THEORY OF TRIPOD AMPHIPHILES, CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS [J].
ANDELMAN, D .
PHYSICA A, 1990, 168 (01) :172-178
[3]   CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS [J].
ANDELMAN, D .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1989, 111 (17) :6536-6544
[4]   CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION IN N-TETRADECANOYLALANINE AND N-TETRADECANOYLALANINE DITETRADECANOYLPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE MONOLAYERS [J].
BOULOUSSA, O ;
DUPEYRAT, M .
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA, 1988, 938 (03) :395-402
[5]   SEPARATION OF CHIRAL PHASES IN MONOLAYER CRYSTALS OF RACEMIC AMPHIPHILES [J].
ECKHARDT, CJ ;
PEACHEY, NM ;
SWANSON, DR ;
TAKACS, JM ;
KHAN, MA ;
GONG, X ;
KIM, JH ;
WANG, J ;
UPHAUS, RA .
NATURE, 1993, 362 (6421) :614-616
[6]   SUPRAMOLECULAR ASSEMBLIES OF DIACETYLENIC ALDONAMIDES [J].
FRANKEL, DA ;
OBRIEN, DF .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1994, 116 (22) :10057-10069
[7]   INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC COMPARISON OF ENANTIOMERIC AND RACEMIC N-OCTADECANOYLSERINE METHYL-ESTER MONOLAYERS AT THE AIR/WATER INTERFACE [J].
GERICKE, A ;
HUHNERFUSS, H .
LANGMUIR, 1994, 10 (10) :3782-3786
[8]   MOLECULAR RECOGNITION IN CHIRAL MONOLAYERS OF STEAROYLSERINE METHYL-ESTER [J].
HARVEY, NG ;
MIRAJOVSKY, D ;
ROSE, PL ;
VERBIAR, R ;
ARNETT, EM .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1989, 111 (03) :1115-1122
[9]   FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY STUDY OF CHIRAL DISCRIMINATION IN LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS OF N-ACYLVALINE AND N-ACYLALANINE AMPHIPHILES [J].
PARAZAK, DP ;
UANG, JYJ ;
TURNER, B ;
STINE, KJ .
LANGMUIR, 1994, 10 (10) :3787-3793
[10]   CHIRAL SURFACES IN MICELLES OF ENANTIOMERIC N-PALMITOYL AND N-STEAROYLSERINE [J].
SHINITZKY, M ;
HAIMOVITZ, R .
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 1993, 115 (26) :12545-12549