Fatty acid may assist nucleation of J-aggregates in mixed Langmuir films of an amphiphilic merocyanine dye prepared on a pure-water subphase

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 5444-5448

  Ikegami, Keiichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic absorption; Isosbestic point; J aggregates; Langmuir films; Least squares method; Merocyanine dyes; Nucleation

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGGREGATES; DYES; FATTY ACIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULES; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER;

PURE-WATER SUBPHASE;

LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS;

EID: 0036697986     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/jjap.41.5444     Document Type: Article

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