Effect of Hydrophobic Chain Structure on Phase Transition and Domain Formation of Hybrid Alcohol Films Adsorbed at the Hexane/Water Interface
Effect of Hydrophobic Chain Structure on Phase Transition and Domain Formation of Hybrid Alcohol Films Adsorbed at the Hexane/Water Interface
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疏水链结构对己烷/水界面吸附杂化醇膜相变和域形成的影响
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b07632
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发表时间:
2015
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影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
T. Takiue
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作者:
K. Mitani;Y. Imai;T. Ina;K. Nitta;H. Tanida;T. Uruga;H. Matsubara;M. Aratono;T. Takiue
The phase transition and domain formation of the adsorbed film of two kinds of hybrid alcohols (CF3(CF2)m-1(CH2)nOH, FmHnOH), 2-perfluorooctylethanol (F8H2OH) and 2-perfluorohexylhexanol (F6H6OH), as a mixture at the hexane/water interface was investigated by interfacial tensiometry and X-ray reflection. The interfacial tension γ versus total molalitymcurve of pure F8H2OH has a break point at high concentration, and thus, the mean area per moleculeAchanges discontinuously at high interfacial pressure π, corresponding to the phase transition between expanded and condensed films. The Fresnel divided reflectivityR/RFversusQzplots in the expanded state was well-fitted by the domain model for incoherent interference to determine the interfacial coverage, which is the fraction of the interface covered by the condensed phase. This indicates that the expanded film is heterogeneous and consists of a condensed F8H2OH domain, the size of which is larger than the X-ray coherence length (∼5 μm). In the mixed system, the discontinuous change inAat the phase transition point becomes small with increasing the bulk composition of F6H6OHX2in the mixture, and eventually theAvalue changes continuously; i.e, the phase transition becomes obscure inX2≥ 0.6. This behavior was linked to an increase in interfacial coverage withX2. Furthermore, theR/RFversusQzplot was fitted by the domain model for coherent interference, suggesting that the size of the domain is smaller than 5 μm. These results are probably due to the reduction of domain line tension by preferential adsorption of F6H6OH at the F8H2OH domain boundary.