Ir. Peterson et Rm. Kenn, EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN 2-DIMENSIONAL AND 3-DIMENSIONAL PHASES OF ALIPHATIC CHAIN DERIVATIVES, Langmuir, 10(12), 1994, pp. 4645-4650
We demonstrate a detailed structural equivalence between 7 of the 12 k
nown condensed water-surface monolayer phases of long-chain fatty acid
s and 7 of the 11 known bulk solid phases observed in long-chain alkra
nes. Two second-order phase transitions are common to both. Thermodyna
mic parameters are established in both systems for one of these and th
ey are consistent with the proposed equivalence.