Abstract
An ordered monolayer is found to form at the free surface of semi-fluorinated alkane melts, F(CF2)12(CH2)nH, a few degrees above the bulk freezing point. X-ray and surface tension measurements show the monolayer to assume one of two different structures, depending on n. For n ∼ 10 the structure is fully crystalline, while for n ∼ 18 it has only short-range in-plane order. This can be assigned to packing frustration of the different diameter F and H blocks, for chain lengths where their respective intermolecular interactions become comparable.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 761-767 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | EPL |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 11 Mar 2000 |
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