Folding Langmuir Monolayers

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2002-05-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0205349v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. v 89, p 146107 (2002)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.146107

The maximum pressure a two-dimensional surfactant monolayer is able to withstand is limited by the collapse instability towards formation of three-dimensional material. We propose a new description for reversible collapse based on a mathematical analogy between the formation of folds in surfactant monolayers and the formation of Griffith Cracks in solid plates under stress. The description, which is tested in a combined microscopy and rheology study of the collapse of a single-phase Langmuir monolayer of 2-hydroxy-tetracosanoic acid (2-OH TCA), provides a connection between the in-plane rheology of LM's and reversible folding.

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