Langmuir Monolayers in Thin Film Technology

✍ Scribed by Jennifer A. Sherwin

• Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 220
• Series: (Chemical Engineering Methods and Technology)
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB)technique for the preparation of ultrathin films of various organic, metallorganic, and polymeric compounds play an increasingly important role as a means or organising molecular materials at the microscopic level. The LB technique has many potential applications in molecular electronics, non-linear optics and conducting thin films. This book presents current research from across the globe in the study of Langmuir Monolayers, including the study of thermotropic liquid crystals and binary mixtures of dichroic azo dye/liquid crystal in Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films; proteo-lipidic nanostructures generated via the Langmuir-Blodgett film method; Langmuir Monolayers in biosensors; as well as adsorptive characteristics of bovine serum albumin onto cationic Langmuir Monolayers of sulfonated poly-grafted cellulose.

✦ Table of Contents

LANGMUIR MONOLAYERS IN THIN FILM TECHNOLOGY......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 9
Abstract......Page 13
2.1. Adsorption Isotherms......Page 14
2.1.2. Freundlich Isotherm......Page 15
2.1.4. Dubinin-Radushkevich Isotherm......Page 16
2.1.7. Halsey and Henderson Isotherms......Page 17
2.1.11. Radke-Prausnitz Isotherm......Page 18
2.1.15. Extended Langmuir Isotherm......Page 19
2.2. Adsorption Kinetics......Page 20
2.2.3. Pseudo-Second-Order Model......Page 21
2.2.5. Ritchie Model......Page 22
2.3. Thermodynamics......Page 23
3.1. Carbons Made from Bio-Materials......Page 24
3.2. Clays......Page 33
Conclusions and Recommendations......Page 51
Nomenclature......Page 52
Literature Cited......Page 53
Abstract......Page 63
1. Introduction......Page 64
2. Experimental......Page 66
3.1.1. Langmuir Film Characterization......Page 69
3.2.1. Langmuir Film Characterization......Page 84
Conclusion......Page 110
References......Page 111
Introduction......Page 113
Langmuir-Blodgett Technology......Page 115
Surface Tension......Page 116
Surface Pressure Versus Area Isotherms......Page 117
Langmuir-Blodgett Film Deposition......Page 118
Molecules That Form Biomimetic Monolayers......Page 122
Lipid/Protein Langmuir-Blodgett Films......Page 124
Protein Presentation......Page 125
AFM Characterization of Supported Bilayers......Page 126
Lipid Interaction with Peptides......Page 129
Future Perspective and Conclusion......Page 131
References......Page 132
Introduction......Page 143
Monolayers of Biological Molecules on Water......Page 144
Protein-Monolayer Engineering......Page 145
Monolayers at Air-Water Interface......Page 149
Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM)......Page 150
Mass-Sensitive Techniques......Page 151
Spectroscopy and Microscopy......Page 152
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)......Page 153
Effects of Solvent......Page 154
Imaging Surface Structure......Page 155
LB Films, Incorporation within Biosensors......Page 157
Conslusion......Page 158
Literature......Page 159
Abstract......Page 163
1. Introduction......Page 164
2.2.1. Graft Copolymerization of GMA Onto Cell (GMA-Cell)......Page 165
2.2.2. Functionalization of GMA-Cell......Page 166
2.3.2. Determination of the Sulfonic Acid Groups Content in PGMA-g-Cell-SO3H......Page 167
3.1. Preparation and Adsorbent Characterization......Page 168
3.2. Effect of Surface Modification......Page 172
3.3. Effect of pH on Adsorption Capacity......Page 173
3.4. Kinetic Model......Page 174
3.5. Mass Transfer Analysis......Page 176
3.6. Isotherm Analysis......Page 178
3.7. Thermodynamic Studies......Page 181
3.3. Design of Single Stage Batch Reactor......Page 182
3.9. Desorption Experiments......Page 184
References......Page 185
Langmuir-Blodgett Technique......Page 189
References......Page 210
Index......Page 213