Molecular Interactions in Mixed Monolayers of Octadecanoic Acid and Three Related Amphiphiles

Binary mixed monolayers of octadecanoic acid and three related amphiphilic compounds (octadecanamide, octadecylamine, octadecylurea) have been investigated at the air/water interface by surface pressure–area (Π–Â) isotherms and their resistances to water evaporation (r). In addition, the excess free energies of mixing (ΔG^E) were calculated using the Goodrich method. Both the ln r vs x and ΔG^E vs x plots exhibit marked deviations from linearity, indicating a high degree of miscibility and nonideal behavior of the components in the mixed films. For all of these binary systems the excess free energies of mixing have been found to be minimum for a certain composition corresponding almost to a maximum in evaporation resistances. Weak interactions were detected in octadecanoic acid/octadecanamide monolayers, whereas significant condensation effects were observed in 1 : 1 mixed films containing octadecanoic acid and octadecylamine. This is attributed to an acid–base equilibrium followed by the formation of a well-ordered arrangement of COO⁻ and NH₃⁺ head groups bound to each other by electrostatic forces. The unusual polymorphism of octadecylurea monolayers could be influenced by adding small amounts of octadecanoic acid. The formation of the low-temperature phase (β-phase) is completely suppressed, if the acid content exceeds 8 mol%. The octadecanoic acid seems to induce the formation of the high-temperature phase (α-phase), which is characterized by a vertical orientation of the hydrocarbon chains.     

Interactions of α-Lactalbumin and Cytochrome c with Langmuir Monolayers of Glycerophospholipids

Interaction of cytochrome c (Cyt c), α-lactalbumin III (α-La III) with Langmuir monolayers of pure and mixed glycerophospholipids was investigated using surface pressure-area (Π-A) isotherms. The general trend was that maximum interaction between protein and phospholipid is observed for mixed (1:1 molar ratio) phospholipid monolayers. Interaction between the protein and the charged phospholipid films was found to be independent of global protein charge. Our data indicate that the proteins interact with the phospholipid films by inserting themselves into the monolayer rather than anchoring to the phospholipid head groups.     

Monolayer properties of mixtures of poly(n-stearyl methacrylate), poly(n-lauryl methacrylate), and their corresponding copolymers

The monolayer properties of poly(n-stearyl methacrylate), poly(n-lauryl methacrylate), and their mixtures at various ratios of the two polymers have been studied from the measurements of their surface pressure–area isotherms at air–water interface. The monolayer properties of their mixtures have been compared with those of their corresponding copolymers. The results show that the isotherms of the mixed monolayers have two break points at higher pressures than that of poly(n-lauryl methacrylate). This suggests that the mixtures may form more stable films that consist of separate phases of the two homopolymers, although each phase may contain a small amount of the other. The isotherms of the copolymer monolayers indicate a phase transition from liquid condensed to solid film between 50 segment mole % and 70% poly(n-stearyl methacrylate). The monclayer of these copolymers has properties that differ from those of the corresponding mixtures of two pure homopolymers and is more compatible than the mixtures of pure homopolymers.     

二价钌有机螯合物Ru(dpphen)2+3与花生酸混合LB膜的结构及光谱特性

对不同组分的Ru(dpphen)2+3［简称Ru(Ⅱ)］与花生酸(AA)在纯水亚相上的混合单分子膜的相容性、分子间相互作用以及凝聚单分子膜的结构进行了研究. 成功地将这种功能单体分子膜转移到固体载片上,制备成混合LB膜. 紫外-可见光谱、发射光谱及小角X光衍射表明这种混合LB膜是一种稳定、均一、具有良好的层状结构, 并且在可见光范围内具有很强的吸收及发射峰的功能膜.     

液晶聚合物的单层与Langmuir-Blodgett膜

系统研究了手性液晶聚硅氧烷和光致变色液晶聚硅氧烷两个毓的侧链液晶聚合物在空气/水界面的单层行为和Langmuir-Blodgett(LB)膜沉积特性,对LB膜结构与存在的聚集现象进行了系统的表征,并初步探讨了LB膜中液晶聚合物表现的功能性。     

Crystalline Phase Separation of Racemic and Nonracemic Zwitterionic α‐Amino Acid Amphiphiles in a Phospholipid Environment at the Air/Water Interface: A Grazing‐Incidence X‐Ray Diffraction Study

A grazing‐incidence X‐ray‐diffraction (GIXD) study of the self‐assembly, on water, of nonracemic γ‐stearyl glutamic acid (pure or as a mixture with racemic or (S)‐1,2‐dipalmitoyl‐glycero‐3‐phosphoethanolamine (DPPE)) demonstrated a phase separation of the α‐amino acid amphiphile into racemic and enantiomorphous two‐dimensional crystallites within the phospholipid domains. The packing arrangements of the two α‐amino acid crystalline phases were identical to those found in the absence of DPPE and have been determined, at almost atomic resolution, by X‐ray structure‐factor calculations. By contrast, racemic and nonracemic N^ε‐stearoyllysine spontaneously segregated into two‐dimensional enantiomorphous domains within the DPPE environment that induced a change in the tilt direction of the hydrocarbon chains of the α‐amino acid molecules. Phase separation of nonracemic amphiphiles, originating from preferred lateral homochiral or heterochiral intermolecular interactions, is in agreement with the formation of enantiomerically pure or enriched homochiral oligopeptides in overrepresented amounts in the polycondensation of activated nonracemic amphiphilic α‐amino acids on plain water or within phospholipid monolayers.     

Molecular recognition of cytosine- and guanine-functionalized nucleolipids in the mixed monolayers at the air-water interface and Langmuir-Blodgett films

Molecular recognition of mixed nucleolipids of 1-(2-octadecyloxycarbonylethyl)cytosine and 7-(2-octadecyloxycarbonylethyl)guanine in the monolayers at the air-water interface and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films has been investigated in detail using surface pressure/potential-area isotherms, infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) transmission spectroscopy, respectively. Prior to molecular recognition, the cytosine moieties in the monolayer were hydrogen bonded with an almost flat-on orientation, the alkyl chains were uniaxially oriented with respect to the film normal, the guanine moieties in the monolayer were stacked probably through pi-pi interaction with an end-on orientation, and the C-C-C planes of the alkyl chains were preferentially oriented parallel to the water surface. In the monolayer of equimolar mixture, molecular recognition between the cytosine and guanine moieties occurred together with the ring planes of base pairing and the C-C-C planes of the alkyl chains favorably oriented parallel to the water surface. The guanine moieties underwent an orientation change from an end-on mode before molecular recognition to a flat-on one after molecular recognition. The base pairing between the cytosine and guanine moieties in the monolayers was achieved since the N7-substituted guanine derivatives suppressed the formation of guanine tetramers. Both the IRRAS spectra of the monolayers and the FTIR spectra of the LB films presented the exact sites in the cytosine and guanine moieties for the formation of triple hydrogen bonds. The base pairing resulted in a change in molecular orientation and interaction, and the corresponding LB film exhibited a different phase transition behavior from a typical crystal transition for the cytosine-functionalized nucleolipids and an analogous glass transition for the guanine-functionalized nucleolipids. The thermal stability of the mixed LB film was improved in comparison to the LB films of pure components.     

Sum-frequency spectroscopy analysis of two-component langmuir monolayers and the associated interfacial water structure

Sum-frequency spectroscopy (SFS) in the CH and OH stretching regions was employed to obtain structural information about Langmuir monolayers on the H(2)O subphase of the model lipid dioctadecyldimethylammonium bromide (DOMA) and of the neutral surfactant methyl stearate (SME) and their mixtures and about the interfacial water structure underneath the films. These results were compared with the sum-frequency spectra of the interface between Langmuir monolayers of stearic acid and stearic acid-DOMA monolayers and water to prove that the uncompensated headgroup charge of DOMA at the interface is the reason for structuring of interfacial water close to the studied monomolecular films. Sum-frequency spectra on D(2)O subphase were also studied to account for the interference between the CH and OH spectral signatures because of the coherent nature of the SFS signals. Interfacial water structure proved to be a determining factor in the behavior of the mixed lipid monolayers. A mixing induced amplification in the surface potential DeltaV observed in our previous work was explained with total increase of the dipole moment for the mixed films, bigger than the arithmetic average for DOMA and SME monolayers alone. The increase is due to the better packing of the molecules in the mixed films and to the decrease in the interfacial water dipole moment arising from a more disordered water structure underneath the mixed monolayers.     

Monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films of crown-substituted phthalocyanines

Tetra-15-crown-5-phthalocyanine ligand and its ruthenium complex with axial CO and MeOH groups were synthesized. The properties of their monolayers and Langmuir-Blodgett films were studied. In the case of the ligand, monolayer films of molecular associates are formed. The compatibility of the ligand and stearic acid in a mixed binary monolayer was established. Stearic acid improves the ligand distribution over the water surface and results in the formation of monolayer associates immobilized in its matrix. The condensation effect of Na⁺ cations on the mixed monolayers was found. The ruthenium complex (R₄Pc)Ru(MeOH)(CO) forms stable true monolayers. The macrocycle planes in stacking are inclined relatively to the normal to the subphase surface by an angle of 25°. The Langmuir-Blodgett films of the complex were established to have redox peaks. A high electrochemical stability of the Langmuir-Blodgett films and a high electroactivity of phthalocyanine rings were demonstrated. It was shown by impedance spectroscopy that the binding of Na⁺ and K⁺ ions by Langmuir-Blodgett films of the (R₄Pc)Ru(MeOH)(CO) complex results in an increase in the impedance values in a region of medium frequencies by three and five times, respectively.__________Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 11, pp. 2426–2435, November, 2004.     

Controlling the Bonding Site of Photosynthetic Reaction Centers on Au Electrode by Different Bifunctional Agents

The orientation of the immobilized protein is the key factor to effect the surface electrochemistry of the redox couples therein. The photosynthetic reaction centers (RCs) composite film was fabricated by self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au electrode. The bifunctional reagents e.g. 4-aminothiophenol (ATP), 2-mercaptoehtylamine (MEA), 2-mercaptoethanol (ME), 2-mercaptoacetic acid (MAA), and Poly(dimethyldiallylammonium) chloride(PDDA) were found to bond RCs at different sites. The square wave voltammetry (SWV), bulk electrolysis were employed for characterizing the composite film. The electrochemically-driven electron transfer (ET) behavior in films was found driven by SWV or bulk electrolysis. In case the electrode was modified directly by amino compound reagent, the greater force was needed. If the film was activated by SWV with frequency of 15 Hz, the SWV amplitude of about lOOmV for MAA-PDDA-RC and 250 mV or more for MA-RC film was needed respectively. When the ME-PDDA-RC composite film was stimulated by SWV, the peak for the bacteriochlorophyll dimmer (P) and secondary quinone (Q_B) appeared at first, then the peak of primary quinone (Q_A) came into being. Further more,if the simulated signal of SWV was continually applied, all of the peak current increased. On the other hand, the opposite process was observed while the potential of -0.4 V was applied by bulk electrolysis. For all the composite films,the redox potential for P⁺/P declined with frequency increasing from 30 to 150 Hz.As reported before, the redox potential of species in RC were:0.45-0.60 V (vs.NHE)for P⁺/p, +0.05~-0.15 V for Q_A and -0.20~-0.35 V for Q_B.     

Micellization and mixed micellization of cationic gemini (dimeric) surfactants and cationic conventional (monomeric) surfactants: Conductometric,dye solubilization,and surface tension studies

In the present study, we have investigated the self-association, mixed micellization, and thermodynamic studies of a cationic gemini (dimeric) surfactant, hexanediyl-1,6-bis(dimethylcetylammonium bromide (16-6-16)) and a cationic conventional (monomeric) surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of pure (16-6-16 and CTAB) and mixed (16-6-16+CTAB) surfactants was measured by electrical conductivity, dye solubilization, and surface tension measurements. The surface properties (viz., C₂₀ (the surfactant concentration required to reduce the surface tension by 20 mN/m), Π_CMC (the surface pressure at the CMC), Γ_max (maximum surface excess concentration at the air/water interface), A_min (the minimum area per surfactant molecule at the air/water interface), etc.) of micellar (16-6-16 or CTAB) and mixed micellar (16-6-16+CTAB) surfactant systems were evaluated. The thermodynamic parameters of the micellar (16-6-16 and CTAB) and mixed micellar (16-6-16+CTAB) surfactant systems were also evaluated.     

糖脂功能化聚二乙炔Langmuir-Schaefer薄膜与大肠杆菌的分子识别及动力学过程研究

在气液界面上研究了α-D-甘露糖苷-十六烷(MC₁₆)与10,12-二十五碳双炔酸混合单分子膜行为,二者具有较好的互溶性.在疏水的玻璃衬底上用Langmuir-Schaefer(LS)薄膜技术制备单层MC₁₆/PDA薄膜,研究了这种仿生薄膜与大肠杆菌jm109的相互作用.大肠杆菌jm109对MC₁₆修饰的聚二乙炔LS薄膜的吸附,使薄膜颜色由蓝色变为红色,用紫外-可见吸收光谱可进行定量检测.动力学研究显示比色响应值随时间的增加而增加,3min内即有显著变化,15min后趋于饱和,20min后CR值达到28%,进一步探讨了分子识别的动力学过程.     

Graft copolymers containing nucleic acid bases and L-α-amino acids

Graft copolymers of nucleic acid bases and L-α-amino acids on polyethyleneimine were synthesized, and carboxyl derivatives of adenine and thymine were grafted by the p-nitrophenyl ester method onto linear and branched polyethyleneimine. The carboxyl derivatives of nucleic acid bases were also grafted onto the monomeric graft copolymers of L -α-amino acids on polyethyleneimine; the carboxyl derivatives were obtained by the condensation of polyethyleneimine with L -α-amino acids with a coupling agent.     

Preparation and photophysical properties of thin films of coumarin dyes

The results from investigating the photophysical properties of new coumarin dyes synthesized and incorporated into Langmuir-Blodgett films are presented. A method for forming monolayers on the surface of a water/air interface is proposed. The phase states of mixed monolayers on a water surface are studied. It is found that mixed monolayers of amphiphilic polyampholyte and dye allow us to obtain more stable and condensed films, relative to films of single components. The spectral and luminescent properties of synthesized dyes in solution and in Langmuir-Blodgett films are studied.     

Morphological and Interaction Characteristics of Surface-Active Ionic Liquids and Palmitic Acid in Mixed Monolayers

A series of water soluble, surface-active ionic liquids (SAILs), namely, 1-alkyl-3-methyl imidazolium chlorides ([C_n-mim]Cl) and their mixtures with palmitic acid (PA) are investigated in Langmuir monolayers and Langmuir–Blodgett films. It is inferred from the surface pressure-area isotherms that C₁₆-mim-IL mixes non-ideally with PA and stabilizes the binary mixed films. In addition, the residence of mim-IL at the water surface is enhanced as a function of the increasing alkyl side chain length. Generally, the compressional moduli values decrease upon increasing the content of the mim-ILs over a wide range of compositions. Furthermore, film relaxation measurements indicate that the IL component is selectively excluded from the mixed films upon achieving a certain target pressure. Brewster angle microscope images demonstrate minimal changes on the PA domains in the presence of either C₄- and C₈-mim-ILs, whereas presence of the hexadecyl counterpart results in the formation of condensed sheets. Atomic force microscopy imaging of deposited films show the formation of propeller-like aggregates when C₈- or C₁₆-mim-IL is present in the mixed films.     

Ideal spread monolayer and multilayer formation of fully hydrophobic polythiophenes via liquid crystal hybridization on water

The spread monolayer formation of hydrophobic poly(3-alkylthiophene)s (P3ATs), regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) ( HT-P3HT), regioregular poly(3-dodecylthiophene) ( HT-P3DT), and regioirregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) ( RI-P3HT), were attained on the water surface via cospreading with a liquid-crystal molecule, 4'-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (5CB). The spread monolayers were characterized by pi- A isotherms, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). The molecular area for the cospread mixtures of P3ATs and 5CB expanded more than that of pure P3ATs as shown from the pi-A isotherms. BAM revealed that the mixed film forms the monomolecularly uniform and flat films on water. AFM elucidated that the spread monolayer of the hydrophobic P3ATs formed on the top of the 5CB monolayer on water with thicknesses of ca. 1.6 and ca. 2.6 nm for the two P3HTs and HT-P3DT, respectively. The P3AT/5CB hybrid monolayers could be fully transferred onto a solid substrate, and pure P3AT monolayers were obtained after volatilization of 5CB by gentle heating. The multilayer formation of pure P3AT monolayers was prepared by layer-by-layer deposition involving repeating horizontal deposition and successive volatilization of 5CB. Grazing angle incidence X-ray diffraction measurements showed that the lamella plane of the P3ATs is perfectly oriented parallel to the substrate plane in the resulting thin films. This shows a marked contrast with those obtained by spin casting using the identical polymer, where both in-plane and out-of-plane lamellae are involved. These thin films with perfectly controlled lamella orientation should be of great significance as the model system for evaluating the charge mobility for organic polymer electric devices.     

Mixed monolayers of polyvinylpyridine and low-molecular-weight substances

Studies were carried out at the water/air interface on mixed monolayers of a macromolecular substance with ionizable polar groups and a “horizontal” interface orientation, poly-2-vinylpyridine, and three lowmolecular-weight substances with a “vertical” orientation, stearic acid, methyl stearate and stearylamine, at 15°, 25° and 35 °C. The surface areas, collapse pressures and compressibility coefficients as a function of mole ratios showed compatibility between the components for all three twocomponent systems. The values of the enthalpy and entropy contributions to the free surface energy of mixing were found to be positive for the poly-2-vinylpyridine/stearic acid system and negative for the other two systems.     

Interaction of poly-L-lysine with photosynthetic reaction center for the Langmuir–Blodgett film preparation

The interaction between poly-L-lysine (PLL) and photosynthetic reaction center (RC) from Rodopseudomonas viridis was studied with special interest for the Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) film preparation. PLL of low concentration (0.5mM) in the subphase of the LB trough as a counterion stabilized the protein at the air/water interface and enhanced the protein deposition efficiency onto the substrate. PLLs of various degree of polymerization (n=1, 5, 10, 15 and 20) were synthesized and the effect of each PLL was examined. Enhancement of the deposition of RC was observed using high n peptide (n=10, 15 and 20) but not using low n one (n=1 and 5). When PLL (n=1, 5, 10, 15 and 20) was added to the RC solution, the protein–protein association and the subsequent precipitation of RC occurred. Highly polymerized PLLs were effective on both RC deposition and RC precipitation suggesting that RCs spread at air/water interface were linked by PLL. The number of PLL molecules which were adsorbed on one RC molecule was 9.0 (±1.5) and 6.6 (±0.5) in the case of n=10 and 20 of PLL, respectively.     

Mixed layers of DPPC and a linear poly(ethylene glycol)-b-hyperbranched poly(glycerol) block copolymer having a cholesteryl end group

Interactions of the phospholipid 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) with the amphiphilic diblock copolymer Ch-lPEG₃₀-b-hbPG₂₄ (ChP) are studied at the air–water interface by surface pressure–mean molecular area (π–mmA) measurements of mixed Langmuir films and adsorption measurements of ChP to the air–water interface covered with DPPC monolayers at different initial surface pressure values π ₀. ChP is composed of a single hydrophobic cholesteryl (Ch) moiety covalently bound to a diblock copolymer consisting of a hydrophilic linear poly(ethylene glycol) (lPEG) block and a hydrophilic hyperbranched poly(glycerol) (hbPG) block. Langmuir isotherms and compression moduli of the mixed Langmuir films of different molar ratios reveal distinct interactions between DPPC and ChP during compression. It is demonstrated that the behavior of the DPPC/ChP mixtures is dominated by DPPC up to a molar ratio of 10:1, whereas the behavior is predominantly governed by ChP in mixtures with lower DPPC content (molar ratios of 5:1, 2:1, and 1:1). In adsorption measurements, a strong affinity of ChP to DPPC is observed after injection into the water subphase. The surface pressure value π _in up to which ChP is able to penetrate into DPPC monolayers is determined to the remarkably high value of 48.2 mN/m which attests the favorable interactions between DPPC and the Ch moiety of ChP. Atomic force microscopy on LB films of DPPC/ChP mixtures of different molar ratios transferred onto hydrophilic substrates confirms the presence of two different phases, a DPPC-rich phase and a ChP-rich phase.     

Synthesis of novel polysilylenes bearing phenol groups directly bonded to Si?Si main chains for preparing Langmuir–blodgett thin films

Polysilylenes with a phenol group directly bonded to the main chain Si atom were prepared by polymerizing dichlorosilane monomers bearing phenol groups protected by t-butyldimethylsilyl ether, followed by deprotecting the silyl ether. These amphiphilic polysilanes were applied to provide oriented thin films by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Stable monolayers were not obtained for polysilylenes having only alkyl and aryl substituents. However, all the polysilylenes with phenol moieties provided monolayers on a water surface. These polysilylene monolayers were transferred to hydrophobic substrates by applying the Langmuir-Blodgett technique. Among these polysilylenes, only poly(n-butyl-3-hydroxyphenylsilylene) provided multilayers in which the Si? Si main chains oriented in the dipping direction. The orientation was determined by polarized UV absorption. The orientation ratio reached 0.45. © 1993 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.