Application of FT-IR spectroscopy to the study of Langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films of vinyl octadecanoate

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Typically monolayers at the air/water (AAV) interface and Langmuir-nBlodgett (LB) films are prepared from small molecules. However a major problemnassociated with potential applications of monolayers at the AAV interface and LBnfilms from low molecular weight materials is that the films are fragile and thereforeneasily damaged. The strength of monolayers at the AAV interface and LB films cannbe improved by the incorporation of polymeric materials into the film structure. Innthis study vinyl octadecanoate (VO) was selected because of its ability to formnmonolayers at the AAV interface; to form Langmuir-Blodgett films and because itncontains a polymerizable group. The polymerization of VO in monolayers at thenAAV interface and in LB films would enhance the ability of the monolayer and LBnfilm to be used in potential applications.The first major aim was to determine the structure of insoluble monolayernfilms of vinyl octadecanoate (VO) at the AAV interface. The primary techniquesnwere the

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