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    Langmuir-Blodgett transfer from the oil-water interface

    Year: 2023

    Journal: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Volume 630, 15/01/2023

    Authors: Li, Guangle; Xu, Xiaojie; Zuo, Yi Y.

    Keywords: Pulmonary surfactant; Langmuir-Blodgett film; Atomic force microscopy; Constrained drop surfactometry; Oil-water interface

    Hypothesis Almost all Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films were prepared with the classical Langmuir film balance, developed more than a century ago. To date, the success of the classical Langmuir film balance and the LB transfer technique is primarily restricted to the study of self-assembled monolayers at the air-water surface. It is challenging to study self-assembled monolayers at the oil-water interface, since the Langmuir film balance requires stacked oil and water layers. We hypothesize that a newly developed experimental method, called constrained drop surfactometry (CDS), is capable of preparing and characterizing LB films from the oil-water interface. Experiments We have developed a novel droplet-based LB transfer technique capable of preparing LB films from the oil-water interface. In conjunction with atomic force microscopy, we have demonstrated the capacity of the CDS in studying a natural pulmonary surfactant film self-assembled at the perfluorocarbon-water interface, and have compared to the LB films prepared from the air-water surface using the classical Langmuir film balance. Findings Our findings have demonstrated a novel paradigm for studying self-assembled monolayers and for preparing LB films from the oil-water interface. The CDS holds great promise for expanding the applicability of the traditional LB transfer technique from the air-water surface to the oil-water interface.
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