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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Langmuir monolayers"”.
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Langmuir Monolayers of Minimal-linker Dimeric Surfactants
Surfactants are ubiquitous, useful compounds of immense practical significance in key industries ranging from drug-delivery to agrochemicals. The performance of these commercially valuable products depends largely on their chemical structure. The objective of the research presented in this thesis …
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The geometry of interacting liquid domains in Langmuir monolayers
… und Benetzung zweidimensionaler (2D) Phasen von Langmuir-Monolagen im lokalen thermodynamischen Gleichgewicht untersucht. Eine Langmuir-Monolage ist ein isoliertes 2D System von Surfaktanten an der Wasser/Luft-Grenzfläche, in dem kristalline, flüssigkristalline, flüssige oder gasförmige Phasen …
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Structure and Dynamics of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) and Poly(Ethylene Glycol) (PEG) Based Amphiphiles as Langmuir Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface
Throughout the study of polymeric Langmuir monolayers at the air/water (A/W) interface, the Wilhelmy plate and Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) techniques along with Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) have been identified as key methods for acquiring structural, thermodynamic, rheological and morphological …
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Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Langmuir Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface and Langmuir-Blodgett Films on Solid Substrates: Phase Behavior, Surface Morphology, and Crystallinity
… processes. This dissertation provides the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique as a mechanism for fabricating PLLA substrates at temperatures where PLLA degradation is uncommon. In order to fully understand surface morphologies of PLLA LB-films, studies of Langmuir monolayers at the air/water …
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Surface Characterization of Poly (epsilon-caprolactone) at the Air/Water Interface
… This thesis focuses on PCL crystallization in Langmuir monolayers. Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) studies show that square, distorted rectangular, and dendritic crystals form at the A/W interface. While dendritic structures have been observed in poly (ethylene oxide) (PEO) thin film on solid …
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Monolayer Studies of Mixed Films Containing Cerebrosides by Surface Tensiometry and Brewster Angle Microscopy
… (BAM) images were obtained for two-component Langmuir monolayers of bovine and porcine cerebrosides with cholesterol and palmitic acid (PA), respectively, at the air-water interface. BAM images of bovine and porcine cerebrosides reveal that condensed films form at low surface pressures. …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Based Amphiphiles
… derivatives are amphiphilic and form uniform Langmuir films, whereas closed-cage POSS derivatives are hydrophobic and aggregate. In previous work, a triester (POSS-triester) and a triacid (POSS-triacid) were synthesized from PSS-(3-hydroxypropyl)-heptaisobutyl (POSS-OH) and Weisocyanate and …
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Phase Behavior of Poly(Caprolactone) Based Polymer Blends As Langmuir Films at the Air/Water Interface
… in PCL-based polymer blends are studied as Langmuir films at the air/water (A/W) interface. In order to understand the phase behavior of PCL-based blends, surface pressure induced crystallization of PCL in single-component Langmuir monolayers was first studied by Brewster angle microscopy …
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Interfacial Characterization of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) Amphiphiles and Polymer Blends: Thermodynamics, Morphology, and Rheology
… stress rheometry (ISR) studies. Results for POSS Langmuir thin films at A/W show that trisilanol-POSS derivatives are a new class of amphiphiles, that exhibit multiple phase transitions in going from traditional 2D Langmuir monolayers (1 POSS molecule thick) to various 3D multilayer films upon …
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Model membrane interactions with ions and peptides at the air/water interface
… processes occurring in nature. The lipid monolayers at the air/water interface are suitable model systems to mimic biological membranes since many parameters can be easily controlled. In the present work the lipid monolayers were used as a model membrane and their interactions with two …
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MODULATION AND INTERACTIONS OF CHARGED BIOMIMETIC MEMBRANES WITH BIVALENT IONS
… signaling events. In addition, I explain the Langmuir-Blodgett film balance (LB) system as tool to study lipid membranes and lipid interactions. In the second chapter, I describe my work on the lateral compressibility of PtdIns(4, 5)P2, PtdIns and DOPG monolayers and its modulation by bivalent …
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Phase and Rheological Behavior of Langmuir Films at the Air/Water Interface: Polyhederal Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (POSS), POSS/Polymer Blends, and Magnetic Nanoparticles
For over a century, Langmuir films have served as excellent two-dimensional model systems for studying the conformation and ordering of amphiphilic molecules at the air/water (A/W) interface. With the equipment of Wilhelmy plate technique, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), and surface light …
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Nanoscale Confinement Effects on Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Crystallization at the Air/Water Interface & Surfactant Interactions with Phospholipid Bilayers
… per monomer (Π−A)) isotherms for the Langmuir films at the A/W interface showed that PCL-b-PtBA copolymers, PCL triheads and PCL MNPs all formed homogenous monolayers below the dynamic collapse pressure of PCL, Π<sub>C</sub> ~11 mN•m⁻¹. For compression past the collapse point, the PCL …