title: Structural Modification Influences the Characteristics of Langmuir Monolayers from Aromatic Carboxylic Acids.
abstract: The molecular organization of purely aromatic, polyphenyl carboxylic acids, as Langmuir monolayers at the air/water interface, has been investigated by means of surface pressure and electric surface potential measurements upon film compression. The monolayer characteristics of the basic compound, a symmetrical triphenylbenzene (5'-phenyl-m-terphenyl) ring with a carboxylic group at the 4 position (namely 5'-phenyl-1,1' : 3',1"-terphenyl-4-carboxylic acid), are compared with those of its derivatives containing hydrophilic (nitro) or hydrophobic (phenyl) substituents. The nature of the substituent as well as its position (2' or 4') has a profound influence on the monolayer properties. The results are discussed in view of molecular orientation deduced from values of effective dipole moments. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, Kraków, 30-060, Poland
authors.forename: P.
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authors.lastname: Dynarowicz-L&acedil;tka
authors.forename: K.
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authors.lastname: Kita
authors.forename: P.
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milart
authors.forename: A.
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authors.lastname: Dhanabalan
authors.forename: A.
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authors.lastname: Cavalli
authors.forename: D. A.
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authors.lastname: da Silva Filho
authors.forename: O. N.
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authors.lastname: Oliveira