Ea. Baryshnikova et al., SYNTHESIS AND MONOLAYER POLYMERIZATION OF LIPID-LIKE MONOMERS WITH TERMINAL METHACRYLIC GROUPS, Vysokomolekularnye soedinenia. Seria A, 39(6), 1997, pp. 927-932
A series of monomer surfactants, containing methacrylic groups at the
end of the hydrocarbon chain, was synthesized including 12-methacryloy
lhydroxydodecanoic acid, 12- yloylhydroxydodecanoyl)glycerophosphatidy
lcholine, 16-methacryloylhydroxyhexadecanoic acid, and 16-bis- oylhydr
oxyhexadecanoyl)glycerophosphatidylcholine. The monomers were characte
rized with respect to the surfactant properties at the liquid-gas inte
rface, The polymerization in monolayers of these monomers, induced by
the UV irradiation (254 nm), was studied, The polymerization rate exhi
bited a nonmonotonic dependence on the surface tension, with a maximum
rate of (3.3-5.5) x 10(-4) c(-1) observed at a surface tension of 7.5
-12 mN/m.