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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Homogeneous Langmuir-Blodgett Film of Double-Chain Ammonium Amphiphile Complexed with Anionic Polymer

Wolfgang FreyErich SackmannMasatsugu ShimomuraKoichi FujiiPaul MellerHelmut RingsdorfPeter Karg

subject

Anionic addition polymerizationChemical engineeringAnnealing (metallurgy)ChemistryPhase (matter)AmphiphileMonolayerGeneral EngineeringGeneral Physics and AstronomyOrganic chemistryCrystal growthLangmuir–Blodgett filmPolyelectrolyte

description

Heterogeneous textures suggesting the coexistence of a fluid and a solid phase were found both in a surface monolayer and in a deposited Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film of double-chain ammonium amphiphiles by fluorescence microscopy. Although an annealing of the surface monolayer at 40°C allowed crystal growth, the heterogeneous phase separation remained in the LB film. A drastic change of the fluorescence image shows that the recrystallization of the complexed monolayer with anionic polymers conducted the homogeneous monolayer.

https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.27.l1761