Lm. Ilharco et al., A TRANSMISSION FTIR SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY ON MIXED LANGMUIR-BLODGETT-FILMS OF CADMIUM HEPTADECANOATE CHLORO BROMOHEXADECANE/, Langmuir, 11(7), 1995, pp. 2745-2750
Mixed Langmuir monolayers and multilayers of cadmium heptadecanoate-ch
lorohexadecane (CdHp-ClHx) and cadmium heptadecanoate-bromohexadecane
(CdHp-BrHx), for molar fractions of alkyl halides up to 0.3, were tran
sferred onto hydrophilic substrates (CaF2). Structural information was
obtained from surface pressure-area (pi-A) isotherms and from FTIR tr
ansmission spectra. Frequency shifts in the COO- antisymmetric stretch
ing vibration (at 1535 cm(-1) for pure CdHp) were induced by the prese
nce of the alkyl halides and have been qualitatively interpreted in te
rms of local interactions involving the polar groups at the surface. H
owever, the alkylhalides do not modify the in-plane organization of th
e monolayer for any concentration; this was shown by the vibrational f
requency of the CH2 antisymmetric stretch and also by a nonsplit band
at 1467 cm(-1), assigned to the CH2 bending mode of the hydrocarbon ch
ains and very sensitive to lateral interactions. For mixed multilayers
, this band is a doublet, indicating that the structure has changed to
a two-parameter (orthorhombic) arrangement, with the same parameters
as pure LB multilayers. The structural difference between the first la
yer and the subsequent ones was proved by studying the spectra of four
layers deposited on a CaF2 substrate previously hydrophobized with a
layer of perdeuterated cadmium stearate (CdDSt); in this case, the ban
d assigned to the CD2 bending vibration (at 1090 cm(-1)) is clearly se
parated from the two split components of the corresponding CH2 mode. A
particular case of a pure CdHp monolayer transferred onto the hydroph
obized substrate was also studied: it was proved that it rearranges in
an orthorhombic structure, while the first layer (CdDSt) keeps the is
otropic packing.