Contrasting Melting Behavior of Zinc Stearate and Zinc Oleate

Barman, S and Vasudevan, S (2006) Contrasting Melting Behavior of Zinc Stearate and Zinc Oleate. In: Journal Of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (2). pp. 651-654.

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Abstract

The influence of a double bond in the middle of an otherwise flexible hydrocarbon chain on the melting of such assemblies has been investigated by comparing the melting behavior of zinc stearate and zinc oleate. By monitoring features in the infrared spectra that are characteristic of the global conformation of the hydrocarbon chain, it is shown that the double bond effectively decouples the thermal evolution of conformational disorder in the chain segments oil either side of the double bond and the melting of each of these segments in the assembly occurs as independent events.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal Of Physical Chemistry B
Publisher:	American Chemical Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to American Chemical Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry
Date Deposited:	14 Mar 2009 11:48
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:54
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/17002

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