Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-5-16
pubmed:abstractText
The binary mixtures involving tristearin (TS), stearyl stearate (SS) and stearic acid (SA) were studied by surface pressure-area (pi-A) measurements and by Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), at the air-water interface, and the Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) monolayers, transferred onto mica substrates, were analysed by AFM. The thermodynamic analysis indicated miscibility in the whole composition range for the system SA/TS, and partial miscibility for systems SA/SS and TS/SS. This behaviour was further confirmed by BAM observation and AFM analysis of LB films. The AFM imaging of collapsed monolayers revealed domains with a multilayered structure varying with system and composition. The layers thickness determined by cross section analysis are consistent with estimated molecular lengths and conformations proposed for the molecules, assuming nearly perpendicular or tilted orientations of the hydrocarbon chains to the interface.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0009-3084
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
98-108
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Phase behaviour of binary mixtures involving tristearin, stearyl stearate and stearic acid: thermodynamic study and BAM observation at the air-water interface and AFM analysis of LB films.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro de Química Estrutural, Complexo I, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't