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Title: C{sub 60}-propylamine adduct monolayers at the gas/water interface: A Brewster angle microscopy and x-ray scattering study

Journal Article · · Journal of Chemical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.474229· OSTI ID:542571
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  1. Department of Physics and Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138 (United States)
  2. Ames Laboratory and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011 (United States)

Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), x-ray specular reflectivity and grazing-incidence x-ray diffraction (GID) studies of C{sub 60}-propylamine adduct monolayers at the gas/water interface as a function of molecular area are reported. At large molecular areas (A{gt}{approximately}150 {Angstrom}{sup 2}/molecule), BAM images reveal macroscopic heterogeneity in the film, consisting of the coexistence between regions covered with uniform solidlike monolayer and bare water surface. After compression to a limiting molecular area of 150 {Angstrom}{sup 2}/molecule, the film is observed to be homogeneous, with the uniform monolayer covering the entire available surface. Both the x-ray reflectivity results and the GID patterns are consistent with the formation of a uniform monolayer at A{approximately}150 {Angstrom}{sup 2}/molecule, while the little dependence that the GID patterns have on the molecular area for A{gt}{approximately}150{Angstrom}{sup 2}/molecule is consistent with the heterogeneity in the film. Upon further compression to higher densities (A{lt}{approximately}120 {Angstrom}{sup 2}/molecule), the x-ray reflectivity results suggest the formation of a partial layer either at the molecule/gas interface or at the molecule/water interface. In this high density regime, the shift in the observed GID pattern with molecular area is much smaller than would be expected if the film were to remain a homogeneous monolayer, also consistent with the formation of an inhomogeneous partial layer. The analysis of the broad GID pattern observed from a uniform monolayer in terms of a model 2D radial distribution function, implies a short range positional correlation, extending to only a few molecular distances. The average nearest neighbor distance (d{approximately}13 {Angstrom}), extracted from the GID analysis, is consistent with the limiting molecular area (A{approximately}150 {Angstrom}{sup 2}/molecule) assuming local hexagonal packing. (Abstract Truncated)

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
542571
Journal Information:
Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 107, Issue 14; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1997
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English