Monolayers of rod-shaped and disc-shaped liquid crystalline compounds at the air-water interface

  • Calamitic (rod-shaped) and discotic (disc-shaped) thermotropic liquid crystalline (LC) compounds were spread at the air-water interface, and their ability to form monolayers was studied. The calamitic LCs investigated were found to form monolayers which behave analogously to conventional amphiphiles such as fatty acids. The spreading of the discotic LCs produced monolayers as well, but with a behaviour different from classical amphiphiles. The areas occupied per molecule are too small to allow the contact of all hydrophilic groups with the water surface and the packing of all hydrophobic chains. Various molecular arrangements of the discotics at the water surface to fit the spreading data are discussed.

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Author details:O. Albrecht, W. Cumming, W. Kreuder, André LaschewskyORCiDGND, Helmut Ringsdorf
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-17124
Publication series (Volume number):Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe (paper 079)
Publication type:Postprint
Language:English
Publication year:1986
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2008/09/17
Tag:Monolayers; discotics; liquid crystals
Source:Colloid & Polymer Science. - 264 (1986), 8, pp. 659-667. - ISSN (print) 0303-402X , ISSN (online) 1435-1536
Organizational units:Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Chemie
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DDC classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 54 Chemie / 540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
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Colloid & Polymer Science. - 264 (1986), 8, pp. 659-667
ISSN (print) 0303-402X
ISSN (online) 1435-1536
DOI 10.1007/BF01469526
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