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    Studies on the formation of Langmuir monolayer and Langmuir-Blodgett films of octadecyl amine-bromocresol purple dye complex

    Year: 2003

    Journal: Thin Solid Films 440 (2003) 240-246, 20111221

    Authors: Sipra Choudhury, R. Chitra, J.V. Yakhmi

    Organizations: aNovel Materials and Structural Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India bSolid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India cTechnical Physics and Prototype Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India

    Properties of the monolayer of octadecyl amine (ODA) molecules on aqueous solution of bromocresol purple (Bcp) dye have been studied over a wide range of pH by measuring the surface pressure-area isotherms. A strong interaction of ODA molecule was observed with the dye molecule in the pH range of 4-9. Under the present study, the dye molecules were adsorbed on the ODA monolayer at the water surface and subsequently a Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) film of ODA-dye complex was transferred from the air-water interface onto a solid substrate. Alternatively, dye molecules were incorporated into LB film by immersing the predeposited LB film of pure ODA into the dye solution, i.e. by adsorption of dye molecule at the solid-liquid interface. The adsorption behavior of ODA-Bcp dye complexes obtained through these two different routes was characterised with the help of UV-visible spectroscopy. The nature of the ODA-dye complex deposited from air-water interface using the LB technique was found to be quite different from that of the complex formed by the adsorption of the dye into the pure ODA LB film. The adsorption spectra of the ODA-dye complex obtained from the air-water interface did not change with pH, while those of the ODA-dye complex formed from the solid-liquid interface showed pH dependence.