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Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers

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Surfactant Aggregation

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In the previous chapter, the formation and properties of insoluble monolàyers of surface active materials at the air/water interface were described. If a plate made from a suitable solid substrate is lowered through such a monolayer, it is possible for some of the material to be transferred from the air/water interface onto the solid surface in a form that maintains its monolayer structure. Raising the solid back through the water surface can cause a second monolayer to be deposited on top of the first. The structures that are being built up on the solid substrate are known as Langmuir—Blodgett multilayers. For the technique to be successful, it is necessary to compensate for the removal of material from the air/water interface by maintaining constant surface pressure (and hence constant surface concentration) within the monolayer. Today, highly refined Langmuir troughs, that maintain constant surface pressure by the movement of automatically controlled barriers which confine the monolayer, are available commercially.

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Clint, J.H. (1992). Langmuir-Blodgett multilayers. In: Surfactant Aggregation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2272-6_4

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