Surface-Pressure Isotherms of Monolayers Formed by Microsize and Nanosize Particles

Autor: B. Fainerman, V., I. Kovalchuk, V., H. Lucassen-Reynders, E., O. Grigoriev, D., K. Ferri, J., E. Leser, M., Michel, M., Miller, R., Möhwald, H.
Zdroj: Langmuir; February 2006, Vol. 22 Issue: 4 p1701-1705, 5p
Abstrakt: The thermodynamic model of a 2D solution developed earlier for protein monolayers at liquid interfaces is generalized for monolayers composed of micro- and nanoparticles. Surface pressure isotherms of particle monolayers published in the literature for a wide range of particles sizes (between 75 μm and 7.5 nm) are described by the theoretical model with one modification. The calculations of surface pressure Π on area A provide satisfactory agreement with the experimental data. The theory also yields reasonable cross-sectional area values of the solvent molecule water in the range between 0.12 and 0.18 nm2, which is almost independent of particle size. Also, the area per particle in a closely packed monolayer obtained from the theory is quite realistic.
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