MONOLAYER CHARACTERISTICS OF CHITOSAN ASSEMBLED IN LANGMUIR FILMS MIXED WITH ARACHIDIC ACID

Jayasree Nath, Ranendu Kumar Nath (), Adrita Chakraborty and Syed Arshad Husain ()
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Jayasree Nath: Department of Chemistry, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799022, Tripura, India
Ranendu Kumar Nath: Department of Chemistry, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799022, Tripura, India
Adrita Chakraborty: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Syed Arshad Husain: Department of Physics, Tripura University, Suryamaninagar 799022, Tripura, India

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2014, vol. 21, issue 04, 1-8

Abstract: In this paper, we report our investigation on the monolayer characteristics of a nontoxic, biocompatible, and biodegradable polymer chitosan (CHS) using Langmuir–Blodgett technique. It has been observed that pure CHS do not form stable monolayer. However, when CHS is mixed with arachidic acid (AA), stable self supporting monolayer is formed at air–water interface. This also can be transferred onto solid substrate. CHS–AA mixed monolayer is extremely stable with variation of pH. Atomic force microscopy study confirms the formation of stable uniform CHS–AA films onto solid support.

Keywords: Nonamphiphilic; LB film; surface pressure; atomic force microscopy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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