title: Multifunctional membranes based on photosensitive crown-ether derivatives with advanced properties.
abstract: This review discusses recent works on monolayer, multilayer and polymer films of various crown-ether derivatives. Preparation and investigation of such membrane nanostructures based on photosensitive and surface-active crown-ethers is a rapidly growing field at the "junction" of colloids and polymers, materials sciences and nanotechnology. These membranes can serve as convenient models for studying the self-organization and molecular recognition processes at interfaces that are typical for biomembranes. The results obtained for such structures by absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy, atomic force and Brewster-angle microscopy, surface pressure and surface potential isotherm measurements have been described. The possibility of developing multifunctional materials possessing advanced properties has been demonstrated.
authors.affiliation: Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Acad. Skryabina Str. 23, 109472 Moscow, Russia; Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Miklucho-Maklaya Str. 16/10, 117871 Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: s.y.zaitsev@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Sergei Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zaitsev
authors.affiliation: Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Acad. Skryabina Str. 23, 109472 Moscow, Russia; National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe sh. 31, 115409 Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: d.solovieva@mail.ru.
authors.forename: Daria O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Solovyeva
authors.affiliation: Moscow State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology, Acad. Skryabina Str. 23, 109472 Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: chemil@inbox.ru.
authors.forename: Ilia S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Zaitsev
mesh_terms: D043844:Crown Ethers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D043844:Crown Ethers; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011108:Polymers; D013455:Sulfur; D010100:Oxygen
keywords: Cown-ethers; Fluorescence; Ion-selectivity; Membranes; Monolayers; Photosensitivity