PROPERTIES OF FILMS OF ADSORBED FLUORINATED ACIDS
PROPERTIES OF FILMS OF ADSORBED FLUORINATED ACIDS
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DOI:
10.1021/j150513a011
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发表时间:
1954-01-01
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通讯作者:
ZISMAN, WA
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作者:
HARE, EF;SHAFRIN, EG;ZISMAN, WA
Monohiolecular films of perfluorinated butyric, valeric, caproic, caprylic, capric and lauric acids were prepared by physical adsorption on platinum from theirsolutions in organic solvents. Their wetting properties for a number of selected liquids were then characterized by contact angle measurements. Regular but small increments in the contact angles were observed with increasing acid chain length. Thus, althoughperfluorolauric acid monolayers provided the lowest energysurface yet reported, films of even the very short acids were significantly more non-wettable than other types of surfaces, including the fluorinated polymers studied earlier. For the shorter chain acids, monolayer formation was rapid; the two longest chain acids, however, required progressively longer periods of contact between the adsorbing surface and the acid solution for com-pletion of a monolayer exhibiting maximum contact angle. The remarkable liquid-repellency of the perfluoroacid monolayers is caused by the presence of an exposed plane rich in perfluoromethyl groups. Electron diffraction examination of the longer chain acids reveals a molecular orientation consistent with this explanation. Included are surface tension data for several new API hydrocarbons of exceptional purity.In a recent report we described the remarkably large contact angles of nearly all liquids on the surface formed by a close-packed adsorbed mono-layer of perfluorodecanoic acid. 2 The recent avail-ability of perfluorolauric acid and four lower homologs made possible the investigation of the effect of acid chain length on these liquid-repellent properties. A higher member of this series of acids should adsorb as a more closely packed monolayer and hence exhibit greater liquid repellency (or larger contact angles). Since the lower members are more available, however, it was interesting to learn how much loss of liquid repellency would result from their use. In addition, electron diffraction examination· of films of perfluorolauric acid was expected to provide supplementary information on the structure and orientation of the adsorbed mole-cules.