Hs. Wang et al., DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF COLLAPSE PROCESS OF PORPHYRIN MONOLAYERS AND PORPHYRIN EXCLUSION FOR MIXED MONOLAYERS AT THE AIR-WATER-INTERFACE, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals science and technology. Section A, Molecular crystals and liquid crystals, 294, 1997, pp. 83-86
The collapse process of porphyrin monolayers at the air-water interfac
e was studied by Brewster angle microscopy and by compression-recompre
ssion isotherms. It was found that the start of collapse observed by B
AM is accordant with that measured by compression-recompression isothe
rms. The behavior of mixed monolayers was studied also and the results
showed that porphyrin islands were excluded from mixed monolayers at
35mN/m.