Original scientific paper

Self-aggregation of a,co-Alkanediols into Two and Three Dimensional Crystallites at the Air-Water Interface. Relevance to Ice Nucleation

Ronit Popovitz-Biro ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Ron Edgar ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Jaroslaw Majewski ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Sidney Cohen ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Lev Margulis ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Kristian Kjaer ; Department of Physics, Riso National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Jens Als-Nielsen ; Department of Physics, Riso National Laboratory, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
Leslie Leiserowitz ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
Meir Lahav ; Department of Materials and Interfaces, The Weizmann Institute of Science, 76100 Rehovot, Israel

Abstract

A correlation is presented between the crystalline structure of
monolayers and multilayers of a,co-alkanediols HO-(CH2)„-OH (n =
16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30) at the air-water interface and their function as ice nucleators. Structural elucidation was carried out by the following methods; grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, scanning force microscopy, cryo-transmission electron microscopy and external reflection Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy.

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Hrčak ID:

136680

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/136680

Publication date:

3.6.1996.

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