How does spacer length of imidazolium gemini surfactants control the fabrication of 2D-Langmuir films of silver-nanoparticles at the air-water interface?

Datta, Sougata and Biswas, Joydeep and Bhattacharya, Santanu (2015) How does spacer length of imidazolium gemini surfactants control the fabrication of 2D-Langmuir films of silver-nanoparticles at the air-water interface? In: JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE, 430 . pp. 85-92.

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Abstract

A series of gemini surfactants based on cationic imidazolium ring as polar headgroup, abbreviated as Im-n-Im], 2Br(-) (n = 2, 5,6 and 12), was synthesized. Their ability to stabilize silver nanoparticles in aqueous media was investigated. The resulting suspensions were characterized by UV-Vis spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). They exhibit specific morphologies by adopting different supramolecular assemblies in aqueous media depending on the internal packing arrangements and on the number of spacer methylene units -(CH2)(n)-]. Individual colloids were extracted from the aqueous to chloroform layer and spread at the air/water interface to allow the formation of well-defined Langmuir films. By analysis of the surface pressure-area isotherms, the details about the packing behavior and orientation of the imidazolium gemini surfactant capped silver nanoparticles were obtained. Morphological features of the dynamic process of monolayer compression at the air-water interface were elucidated using Brewster angle microscopy (BAM). These monolayers were further transferred on mica sheets by the Langmuir-Blodgett technique at their associated collapse pressure and the morphology of these monolayers was investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM). The number of spacer methylene units (CH2)(n)-] of the gemini surfactants exerted critical influence in modulating the characteristics of the resulting Langmuir films. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Publisher:	ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 525 B ST, STE 1900, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101-4495 USA
Keywords:	Monolayer; Surface plasmon; Elipticity; Phase transfer; Air-water interface
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Organic Chemistry
Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2015 12:51
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2015 12:51
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51004

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