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Journal Article | PUBDB-2021-03047 |
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2021
ACS Publ.
Washington, DC
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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01038
Abstract: The phase diagram of Langmuir film of diacetylene alcohol – henicosa-5,7-diyn-1-ol – is investigated by means of surface pressure versus surface area isotherms, Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM), X-Ray Reflectivity (XRR) and Grazing Incident X-ray Diffraction (GIXD). Among the usual phases described in the generic phase diagram of small head group molecules, one observes an unexpected reversible transition from an ordered condensed phase to a disordered one upon increasing the surface pressure. We postulate that the origin of this unusual, unprecedented transition results from the competition between the interactions between the diacetylene blocks in the hydrophobic chain and the hydrogen bonds between head-groups and water.
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