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Supermolecular Periodic Structures in Monolayers
Author(s) -
Chi L. F.,
Jacobi S.,
Anczykowski B.,
Overs M.,
Schäfer H.J.,
Fuchs H.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1521-4095(200001)12:1<25::aid-adma25>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - materials science , monolayer , nanotechnology , crystallography , chemistry
Supermolecular periodic structures (such as that shown in the Figure) have been obtained by preparing Langmuir–Blodgett films of amphiphilic molecules with two vicinal hydroxyl groups attached to the hydrophobic chain. The periodicity is adjustable, and the ordered region can be extended to over one hundred micrometers. The undulations are suggested to be due to structural changes in defect arrays upon compression.