Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10378467 | Journal of Colloid and Interface Science | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
We report the formation of Langmuir monolayers of pure zwitterionic hexadecyl 1-N-l-tryptophan glycerol ether (C16-TGE) surfactant and mixed monolayers of cationic-zwitterionic surfactant obtained modifying the pH of the subphase. The pressure-area and surface potential-area isotherms and fluorescence microscopy measurements have been used to characterize the surface phase transitions in the monolayers. These transitions appeared at larger areas as the pH decreased from 6.0 to 2.0 and almost disappeared as the pH decreased further. The analysis of the surface potential and the infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy data suggests that the phase transition is associated with a change of orientation of both the hydrocarbon chain and the aromatic group of the surfactant with respect to the air-water surface. The surface rheology of the monolayers was studied by quasielastic light scattering and by the oscillatory barrier technique. The results indicate that there is at least one relaxation process in the monolayer.
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Authors
M. Mercedes Velázquez, Francisco Ortega, Francisco Monroy, Ramón G. Rubio, SofÃa Pegiadou, Lourdes Pérez, Maria Rosa Infante,