Analysis of the Phase Transitions in Alkyl- Mica by Density and Pressure Profiles

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2003-11-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0311530v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

13 pages, 6 figures (Figs. 5 and 6 only with 150 dpi resolution)

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1642605

In a previous work [H. Heinz, H. J. Castelijns, U. W. Suter, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 9500 (2003)], we developed an accurate force field and simulated the phase transitions in C18-mica (octadecyltrimethylammonium-mica) as well as the absence of such transitions in 2C18-mica (dioctadecyldimethylammonium-mica) between room temperature and 100 deg C. Here we analyze (i) average z coordinates of the carbon atoms and interdigitation of the hydrocarbon bilayers, (ii) density profiles and (iii) pressure profiles of the structures along all Cartesian axes. In C18-mica, the standard deviation in the z coordinate for the chain atoms is high and more than doubles in the disordered phase. The order-disorder transition is accompanied by a change in the orientation of the ammonium headgroup, as well as decreasing tensile and shear stress in the disordered phase. In 2C18-mica, the standard deviation in the z coordinate for the chain atoms is low and does not increase remarkably on heating. The backbones display a highly regular structure, which is slightly obscured by rotations in the C18 backbones and minor headgroup displacements at 100 deg C. Close contacts between the bulky headgroups with sidearms cause significant local pressure which is in part not relieved at 100 deg C. An increase of the basal-plane spacing at higher temperature is found in both systems due to larger separation between the two hydrocarbon layers and an increased z spacing between adjacent chain atoms (=decreased tilt of the chains relative to the surface normal), and, in C18-mica only, a stronger upward orientation of the C18 chain at the ammonium headgroup. The likelihood for chain interdigitation between the two hydrocarbon layers is 0.24 to 0.30 for C18-mica,and 0.65 to 0.26 for 2C18-mica (for 20 deg C to 100 deg C).

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