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Li G, Xu X, Zuo YY. Phase transitions of the pulmonary surfactant film at the perfluorocarbon-water interface. Biophys J 2023; 122:1772-1780. [PMID: 37041745 PMCID: PMC10209028 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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Pulmonary surfactant is a lipid-protein complex that forms a thin film at the air-water surface of the lungs. This surfactant film defines the elastic recoil and respiratory mechanics of the lungs. One generally accepted rationale of using oxygenated perfluorocarbon (PFC) as a respiratory medium in liquid ventilation is to take advantage of its low surface tensions (14-18 mN/m), which was believed to make PFC an ideal replacement of the exogenous surfactant. Compared with the extensive studies of the phospholipid phase behavior of the pulmonary surfactant film at the air-water surface, its phase behavior at the PFC-water interface is essentially unknown. Here, we reported the first detailed biophysical study of phospholipid phase transitions in two animal-derived natural pulmonary surfactant films, Infasurf and Survanta, at the PFC-water interface using constrained drop surfactometry. Constrained drop surfactometry allows in situ Langmuir-Blodgett transfer from the PFC-water interface, thus permitting direct visualization of lipid polymorphism in pulmonary surfactant films using atomic force microscopy. Our data suggested that regardless of its low surface tension, the PFC cannot be used as a replacement of pulmonary surfactant in liquid ventilation where the air-water surface of the lungs is replaced with the PFC-water interface that features an intrinsically high interfacial tension. The pulmonary surfactant film at the PFC-water interface undergoes continuous phase transitions at surface pressures less than the equilibrium spreading pressure of 50 mN/m and a monolayer-to-multilayer transition above this critical pressure. These results provided not only novel biophysical insight into the phase behavior of natural pulmonary surfactant at the oil-water interface but also translational implications into the further development of liquid ventilation and liquid breathing techniques.
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- Guangle Li
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii; Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Langmuir-Blodgett transfer from the oil-water interface. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 630:21-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2022.10.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Coppola S, Miccio L, Wang Z, Nasti G, Ferraro V, Maffettone PL, Vespini V, Castaldo R, Gentile G, Ferraro P. Instant in situ formation of a polymer film at the water–oil interface. RSC Adv 2022; 12:31215-31224. [PMID: 36349050 PMCID: PMC9623561 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra04300a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The water–oil interface is an environment that is often found in many contexts of the natural sciences and technological arenas. This interface has always been considered a special environment as it is rich in different phenomena, thus stimulating numerous studies aimed at understanding the abundance of physico-chemical problems that occur there. The intense research activity and the intriguing results that emerged from these investigations have inspired scientists to consider the water–oil interface even as a suitable setting for bottom-up nanofabrication processes, such as molecular self-assembly, or fabrication of nanofilms or nano-devices. On the other hand, biphasic liquid separation is a key enabling technology in many applications, including water treatment for environmental problems. Here we show for the first time an instant nanofabrication strategy of a thin film of biopolymer at the water–oil interface. The polymer film is fabricated in situ, simply by injecting a drop of polymer solution at the interface. Furthermore, we demonstrate that with an appropriate multiple drop delivery it is also possible to quickly produce a large area film (up to 150 cm2). The film inherently separates the two liquids, thus forming a separation layer between them and remains stable at the interface for a long time. Furthermore, we demonstrate the fabrication with different oils, thus suggesting potential exploitation in different fields (e.g. food, pollution, biotechnology). We believe that the new strategy fabrication could inspire different uses and promote applications among the many scenarios already explored or to be studied in the future at this special interface environment. A completely new method for easy and quick formation of a thin polymer film at the special setting of a stratified oil/water interface. Morphological SEM and quantitative full-field characterization have been reported using digital holography.![]()
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- Sara Coppola
- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello”, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello”, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello”, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dei Materiali e della Produzione Industriale, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello”, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy
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- Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Institute for Polymers, Composites and Biomaterials, CNR, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Italy
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- CNR-ISASI, Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “E. Caianiello”, Via Campi Flegrei 34, 80078 Pozzuoli, Napoli, Italy
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Müller P, Bonthuis DJ, Miller R, Schneck E. Ionic Surfactants at Air/Water and Oil/Water Interfaces: A Comparison Based on Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:406-415. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c08615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Paulina Müller
- Physics Department, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institute of Theoretical and Computational Physics, Technische Universität Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Physics Department, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Physics Department, Technische Universität Darmstadt, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
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Structure of DPPC Monolayers at the Air/Buffer Interface: A Neutron Reflectometry and Ellipsometry Study. COATINGS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/coatings10060507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Langmuir monolayers of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine, known as DPPC, at the air/water interface are extensively used as model systems of biomembranes and pulmonary surfactant. The properties of these monolayers have been mainly investigated by surface pressure–area isotherms coupled with different complementary techniques such as Brewster angle microscopy, for example. Several attempts using neutron reflectometry (NR) or ellipsometry have also appeared in the literature. Here, we report structural information obtained by using NR and ellipsometry on DPPC monolayers in the liquid condensed phase. On one side, NR can resolve the thickness of the aliphatic tails and the degree of hydration of the polar headgroups. On the other side, ellipsometry gives information on the refractive index and, therefore, on the physical state of the monolayer. The thickness and surface excess obtained by multiple-angle-of-incidence ellipsometry (MAIE) is compared with the results from NR measurements yielding a good agreement. Besides, a novel approach is reported to calculate the optical anisotropy of the DPPC monolayer that depends on the orientation of the aliphatic chains. The results from both NR and ellipsometry are also discussed in the context of the existing results for DPPC monolayers at the air/water interface. The differences observed are rationalized by the presence of buffer molecules interacting with phospholipids.
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Surface tension at the interface between aqueous solution of surfactant and alkane. A comprehensive quantum chemical and thermodynamic approach. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mottola M, Caruso B, Perillo MA. Langmuir films at the oil/water interface revisited. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2259. [PMID: 30783164 PMCID: PMC6381208 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38674-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We studied monomolecular layers at the oil/water interface (O/Wint) in a Langmuir interfacial trough using egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine (EPC) (the model phospholipid) and Vaseline (VAS) as oil phase. The temporal dynamics in the surface pressure (π) evolution depended on the method (spreading/adsorption) used for monolayers preparation and reflected the different distribution of EPC between all the system compartments (bulk phases and interfaces). We distinguished between EPC located either stable at the interface or hopping between the interface and bulk phases. The size order of the apparent mean molecular area, at constant π, of EPC at different interfaces (EPCO/W > EPC/VAS0.02;A/W > EPCA/W), suggested that VAS molecules intercalated between the hydrocarbon chains of EPCO/W, at a molar fraction xVAS > 0.02. However, EPC/VAS0.02;A/W showed the highest compressional free energy. This leaded us to study the EPC/VAS0.02 mixture at A/W by Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM), finding that upon compression VAS segregated over the monolayer, forming non-coalescent lenses (as predicted by the spreading coefficient S = −13 mN/m) that remained after decompression and whose height changed (increase/decrease) accompanied the compression/decompression cycle. At the O/Wint, while some VAS molecules remained at the interface up to the collapse, others squeezed out towards the VAS bulk phase with an energy requirement lower than towards the air.
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- Milagro Mottola
- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Depto. de Química, Cátedra de Química Biológica. Córdoba, Argentina. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina.,CONICET, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT). Córdoba, Argentina. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Depto. de Química, Cátedra de Química Biológica. Córdoba, Argentina. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina.,CONICET, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT). Córdoba, Argentina. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Depto. de Química, Cátedra de Química Biológica. Córdoba, Argentina. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, X5016GCA, Córdoba, Argentina. .,CONICET, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas (IIBYT). Córdoba, Argentina. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 1611, 5016, Córdoba, Argentina.
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Hysteresis of Contact Angle of Sessile Droplets on Deformable Substrates: Influence of Disjoining Pressure. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vysotsky YB, Kartashynska ES, Belyaeva EA, Fainerman VB, Vollhardt D, Miller R. Quantum chemical analysis of thermodynamics of 2D cluster formation of alkanes at the water/vapor interface in the presence of aliphatic alcohols. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:28901-20. [PMID: 26455734 DOI: 10.1039/c5cp04701c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Using the quantum chemical semi-empirical PM3 method it is shown that aliphatic alcohols favor the spontaneous clusterization of vaporous alkanes at the water surface due to the change of adsorption from the barrier to non-barrier mechanism. A theoretical model of the non-barrier mechanism for monolayer formation is developed. In the framework of this model alcohols (or any other surfactants) act as 'floats', which interact with alkane molecules of the vapor phase using their hydrophobic part, whereas the hydrophilic part is immersed into the water phase. This results in a significant increase of contact effectiveness of alkanes with the interface during the adsorption and film formation. The obtained results are in good agreement with the existing experimental data. To test the model the thermodynamic and structural parameters of formation and clusterization are calculated for vaporous alkanes C(n)H(2n+2) (n(CH3) = 6-16) at the water surface in the presence of aliphatic alcohols C(n)H(2n+1)OH (n(OH) = 8-16) at 298 K. It is shown that the values of clusterization enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs' energy per one monomer of the cluster depend on the chain lengths of corresponding alcohols and alkanes, the alcohol molar fraction in the monolayers formed, and the shift of the alkane molecules with respect to the alcohol molecules Δn. Two possible competitive structures of mixed 2D film alkane-alcohol are considered: 2D films 1 with single alcohol molecules enclosed by alkane molecules (the alcohols do not form domains) and 2D films 2 that contain alcohol domains enclosed by alkane molecules. The formation of the alkane films of the first type is nearly independent of the surfactant type present at the interface, but depends on their molar fraction in the monolayer formed and the chain length of the compounds participating in the clusterization, whereas for the formation of the films of the second type the interaction between the hydrophilic parts of the surfactant is essential and different for various types of amphiphilic compounds. The energetic preference of the film formation of both types depends significantly on the chain length of compounds. The surfactant concentration (in the range of X = 0-10%) exerts a slight influence on the process of film formation.
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- Yu B Vysotsky
- Donetsk National Technical University, 58 Artema Str., 83000 Donetsk, Ukraine
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- Donetsk National Technical University, 58 Artema Str., 83000 Donetsk, Ukraine
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- Institute of Chemistry, Saint Petersburg State University, University Av., 26, Petrodvorets, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia
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- Donetsk Medical University, 16 Ilych Avenue, Donetsk 83003, Ukraine
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany.
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, D-14424 Potsdam/Golm, Germany.
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Kienle DF, de Souza JV, Watkins EB, Kuhl TL. Thickness and refractive index of DPPC and DPPE monolayers by multiple-beam interferometry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:4725-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7866-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Revised: 04/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Al-Qatati A, Fontes FL, Barisas BG, Zhang D, Roess DA, Crans DC. Raft localization of type I Fcε receptor and degranulation of RBL-2H3 cells exposed to decavanadate, a structural model for V2O5. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:11912-20. [PMID: 23861175 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50398d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Vanadium oxides (VOs) have been identified as low molecular weight sensitizing agents associated with occupational asthma and compromised pulmonary immunocompetence. Symptoms of adult onset asthma result, in part, from increased signal transduction by Type I Fcε receptors (FcεRI) leading to release of vasoactive compounds including histamine from mast cells. Exposure to (VOs) typically occurs in the form of particles which are insoluble. Upon contact with water or biological fluids, (VOs) form a series of soluble oxoanions, one of which is decavanadate, V10O28(6-) abbreviated V10, which is structurally related to a common vanadium oxide, that is vanadium pentoxide, V2O5. Here we investigate whether V10 may be initiating plasma membrane events associated with activation of FcεRI signal transduction. We show that exposure of RBL-2H3 cells to V10 causes a concentration-dependent increase in degranulation of RBL-2H3 and, in addition, an increase in plasma membrane lipid packing as measured by the fluorescent probe, di-4-ANEPPDHQ. V10 also increases FcεRI accumulation in low-density membrane fragments, i.e., lipid rafts, which may facilitate FcεRI signaling. To determine whether V10 effects on plasma membrane lipid packing were similarly observed in Langmuir monolayers formed from dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), the extent of lipid packing in the presence and absence of V10 and vanadate was compared. V10 increased the surface area of DPPC Langmuir monolayers by 6% and vanadate decreased the surface area by 4%. These results are consistent with V10 interacting with this class of membrane lipids and altering DPPC packing.
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- Abeer Al-Qatati
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
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Vysotsky YB, Fomina ES, Belyaeva EA, Fainerman VB, Vollhardt D. On the inclusion of alkanes into the monolayer of aliphatic alcohols at the water/alkane vapor interface: a quantum chemical approach. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2013; 15:2159-76. [PMID: 23292086 DOI: 10.1039/c2cp43713a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the framework of the quantum chemical semiempirical PM3 method thermodynamic and structural parameters of the formation and clusterization of aliphatic alcohols C(n)H(2n+1)OH (n(OH) = 8-16) at 298 K at the water/alkane vapor C(n)H(2n+2), (n(CH(3)) = 6-16) interface were calculated. The dependencies of enthalpy, entropy and Gibbs' energy of clusterization per one monomer molecule of 2D films on the alkyl chain length of corresponding alcohols and alkanes, the molar fraction of alkanes in the monolayers and the immersion degree of alcohol molecules into the water phase were shown to be linear or stepwise. The threshold of spontaneous clusterization of aliphatic alcohols at the water/alkane vapor interface was 10-11 carbon atoms at 298 K which is in line with experimental data at the air/water interface. It is shown that the presence of alkane vapor does not influence the process of alcohol monolayer formation. The structure of these monolayers is analogous to those obtained at the air/water interface in agreement with experimental data. The inclusion of alkane molecules into the amphiphilic monolayer at the water/alkane vapor interface is possible for amphiphiles with the spontaneous clusterization threshold at the air/water interface (n(s)(0)) of at least 16 methylene units in the alkyl chain, and it does not depend on the molar fraction of alkanes in the corresponding monolayer. The inclusion of alkanes from the vapor phase into the amphiphilic monolayer also requires that the difference between the alkyl chain lengths of alcohols and alkanes is not larger than n(s)(0) - 15 and n(s)(0) - 14 for the 2D film 1 and 2D film 2, respectively.
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- Yuri B Vysotsky
- Donetsk National Technical University, 58 Artema Str., 83000 Donetsk, Ukraine
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TSUKAHARA S, MUKAI K, WATANABE S, FUJIWARA T. In Situ Fluorescence Microscopic Measurements of the Phase Transition Behavior of Dipalmitoyl Phosphatidylcholine Monolayers Prepared at Hydrocarbon/Water Interfaces. SOLVENT EXTRACTION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT-JAPAN 2011. [DOI: 10.15261/serdj.18.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Satoshi TSUKAHARA
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University
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Taking another look with fluorescence microscopy: Image processing techniques in Langmuir monolayers for the twenty-first century. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:1289-300. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Revised: 12/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chimote G, Banerjee R. Effect of mycolic acid on surface activity of binary surfactant lipid monolayers. J Colloid Interface Sci 2008; 328:288-98. [PMID: 18848703 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2008.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 07/09/2008] [Accepted: 08/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In pulmonary tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis lies in close physical proximity to alveolar surfactant. Cell walls of the mycobacteria contain loosely bound, detachable surface-active lipids. In this study, the effect of mycolic acid (MA), the most abundant mycobacterial cell wall lipid, on the surface activity of phospholipid mixtures from lung surfactant was investigated using Langmuir monolayers and atomic force microscopy (AFM). In the presence of mycolic acid, all the surfactant lipid mixtures attained high minimum surface tensions (between 20 and 40 mN/m) and decreased surface compressibility moduli <50 mN/m. AFM images showed that the smooth surface topography of surfactant lipid monolayers was altered with addition of MA. Aggregates with diverse heights of at least two layer thicknesses were found in the presence of mycolic acid. Mycolic acids could aggregate within surfactant lipid monolayers and result in disturbed monolayer surface activity. The extent of the effect of mycolic acid depended on the initial state of the monolayer, with fluid films of DPPC-POPC and DPPC-CHOL being least affected. The results imply inhibitory effects of mycolic acid toward lung surfactant lipids and could be a mechanism of lung surfactant dysfunction in pulmonary tuberculosis.
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- G Chimote
- School of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400 076, India
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Meli MV, Lin IH, Abbott NL. Preparation of microscopic and planar oil-water interfaces that are decorated with prescribed densities of insoluble amphiphiles. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:4326-33. [PMID: 18335929 DOI: 10.1021/ja077379a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Langmuir monolayers (monolayers of insoluble molecules formed at the surface of water), and associated Langmuir-Blodgett/Schaefer monolayers prepared by transfer of Langmuir films to the surfaces of solids, are widely used in studies aimed at understanding the physicochemical properties of biological and synthetic molecules at interfaces. In this article, we report a general and facile procedure that permits transfer of Langmuir monolayers from the surface of water onto microscopic and planar interfaces between oil and aqueous phases. In these experiments, a metallic grid supported on a hydrophobic solid is used to form oil films with thicknesses of 20 mum and interfacial areas of 280 mum x 280 mum. Passage of the supported oil films through a Langmuir monolayer is shown to lead to quantitative transfer of insoluble amphiphiles onto the oil-water interfaces. The amphiphile-decorated oil-water interfaces hosted within the metallic grids (i) are approximately planar, (ii) are sufficiently robust mechanically so as to permit further characterization of the interfaces outside of the Langmuir trough, (iii) can be prepared with prescribed and well-defined densities of amphiphiles, and (iv) require only approximately 200 nL of oil to prepare. The utility of this method is illustrated for the case of the liquid crystalline oil 4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl (5CB). Transfer of monolayers of either dilauroyl- or dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DLPC and DPPC, respectively) to the nematic 5CB-aqueous interface is demonstrated by epifluorescence imaging of fluorescently labeled lipid and polarized light imaging of the orientational order within the thin film of nematic 5CB. Interfaces prepared in this manner are used to reveal key differences between the density-dependent phase properties of DLPC and DPPC monolayers formed at air-water as compared to that of nematic 5CB-aqueous interfaces. The methodology described in this article should be broadly useful in advancing studies of the interfacial behavior of synthetic and biological molecules at liquid-liquid interfaces.
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- Maria-Victoria Meli
- Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Yamasaki M, Kurioka E, Nakamura S, Sugihara G, Isoda-Yamashita T. A kinetic and thermodynamic study on hydrolysis of sodium laurate in aqueous phase accompanied by transfer into oil phases containing different organic additives (I). Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2005; 45:189-99. [PMID: 16202572 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2005.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The kinetic and thermodynamic behavior at the interface between an aqueous solution of sodium laurate (NaLA) and various oil phases comprised primarily of benzene (Bz) and/or different organic compounds including amphiphiles has been investigated in regard to the hydrolysis of NaLA accelerated at the interface, transfer of lauric acid (LA) into oil phase and reverse transfer of Bz into aqueous phase in addition to interface tension. The contact of aqueous NaLA solution with the oil phase was found to accompany the mass transfer of LA and simultaneously promote the hydrolysis of NaLA in water phase. Analysis of the change of OH- ion concentration ([OH-]) over time allowed us to treat the events as a first order reaction. From the rate constant data the activation parameters such as the activation enthalpy and entropy, both of which control the transfer of LA molecules, were determined. The parameters were found to depend greatly on varied situations of the oil phase, being clearly able to explain the physicochemical behavior of the interface. Comparing the cases where the oil phase is one of the respective single systems such as Bz, dodecane (C12) and dodecylbenzene (C12Bz), C12Bz resulted in the lowest rate constant. The transfer (or hydrolysis) rate was measured for the amphiphile-added oil systems as a function of amphiphile concentration. When 0.206 M C16OH-Bz came in contact with aqueous phase, emulsion formation at the interface layer was brought about with approximately zero activation enthalpy, leading to facile or spontaneous transfer of LA. In addition, UV absorbance representing the transfer of Bz from the oil phase to the aqueous phase also demonstrated the effects of added amphiphiles on the action of the interface.
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- Miyuki Yamasaki
- Daiichi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 22-1 Tamagawa-cho Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-8511, Japan
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Brake JM, Daschner MK, Abbott NL. Formation and characterization of phospholipid monolayers spontaneously assembled at interfaces between aqueous phases and thermotropic liquid crystals. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005; 21:2218-2228. [PMID: 15752009 DOI: 10.1021/la0482397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This paper reports an experimental investigation of the self-assembly of phospholipids (l-alpha-phosphatidylcholine-beta-oleoyl-gamma-palmitoyl (l-POPC), dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), and l-alpha-dilauroyl phosphatidylcholine (l-DLPC)) at interfaces between aqueous phases and the nematic liquid crystal (LC) 4'-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl. Stable planar interfaces between the aqueous phases and LCs were created by hosting the LCs within gold grids (square pores with widths of 283 microm and depths of 20 microm). At these interfaces, the presence and lateral organization of the phospholipids leads to interface-driven orientational transitions within the LC. By doping the phospholipids with a fluorescently labeled lipid (Texas Red-1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (TR-DPPE)), quantitative epifluorescence microscopy revealed the saturation coverage of phospholipid at the interface to be that of a monolayer with an areal density of approximately 49 +/- 8% relative to hydrated lipid bilayers. By adsorbing phospholipids to the aqueous-LC interface from either vesicles or mixed micelles of dodecyltrimethylammonium and phospholipid, control of the areal density of phospholipid from 42 +/- 10 to 102 +/-18% of saturation monolayer coverage was demonstrated. Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) experiments performed by using laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) revealed the lateral mobility of fluorescently labeled DPPE in l-DLPC assembled at the interface with the liquid crystal to be (6 +/- 1) x 10(-12) m(2)/s for densely packed monolayers. Variation of the surface coverage and composition of phospholipid led to changes in lateral diffusivity between (0.2 +/- 0.1) x 10(-12) and (15 +/- 2) x 10(-12) m(2)/s. We also observed the phospholipid-laden interface to be compartmentalized by the gold grid, thus allowing for the creation of patterned arrays of phospholipids at the LC-aqueous interface.
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- Jeffrey M Brake
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Alonso C, Alig T, Yoon J, Bringezu F, Warriner H, Zasadzinski JA. More than a monolayer: relating lung surfactant structure and mechanics to composition. Biophys J 2004; 87:4188-202. [PMID: 15454404 PMCID: PMC1304928 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.051201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2004] [Accepted: 09/16/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Survanta, a clinically used bovine lung surfactant extract, in contact with surfactant in the subphase, shows a coexistence of discrete monolayer islands of solid phase coexisting with continuous multilayer "reservoirs" of fluid phase adjacent to the air-water interface. Exchange between the monolayer, the multilayer reservoir, and the subphase determines surfactant mechanical properties such as the monolayer collapse pressure and surface viscosity by regulating solid-fluid coexistence. Grazing incidence x-ray diffraction shows that the solid phase domains consist of two-dimensional crystals similar to those formed by mixtures of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and palmitic acid. The condensed domains grow as the surface pressure is increased until they coalesce, trapping protrusions of liquid matrix. At approximately 40 mN/m, a plateau exists in the isotherm at which the solid phase fraction increases from approximately 60 to 90%, at which the surface viscosity diverges. The viscosity is driven by the percolation of the solid phase domains, which depends on the solid phase area fraction of the monolayer. The high viscosity may lead to high monolayer collapse pressures, help prevent atelectasis, and minimize the flow of lung surfactant out of the alveoli due to surface tension gradients.
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- Coralie Alonso
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, USA
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Zhang LY, Xu Z, Masliyah JH. Characterization of Adsorbed Athabasca Asphaltene Films at Solvent−Water Interfaces Using a Langmuir Interfacial Trough. Ind Eng Chem Res 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/ie049913i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Li Yan Zhang
- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G6, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G6, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G6, Canada
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Cannan S, Zhang J, Grunfeld F, Unwin PR. Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) studies of oxygen transfer across phospholipid monolayers under surface pressure control: comparison of monolayers at air/water and oil/water interfaces. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2004; 20:701-707. [PMID: 15773094 DOI: 10.1021/la034943w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Scanning electrochemical microscopy has been used in combination with a specially designed Langmuir trough to compare the kinetics of oxygen transfer across an L-alpha-phosphatidylethanolamine, distearoyl monolayer spread at three different interfaces: air/water, air/water in contact with an oil lens, and oil/water. The monolayer is shown to reduce the kinetics of interfacial transport, and rate constants for the transport of oxygen across each interface, at different surface pressures, have been evaluated. The results obtained for each interface are compared, and the implications for studies of passive diffusion across cell membranes are discussed.
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- Susan Cannan
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Wege H, Holgado-Terriza J, Neumann A, Cabrerizo-Vı́lchez M. Axisymmetric drop shape analysis as penetration film balance applied at liquid–liquid interfaces. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-7757(99)00108-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Walker RA, Gruetzmacher JA, Richmond GL. Phosphatidylcholine Monolayer Structure at a Liquid−Liquid Interface. J Am Chem Soc 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ja980736k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Robert A. Walker
- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
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- Contribution from the Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403
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Brezesinski G, Thoma M, Struth B, Möhwald H. Structural Changes of Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface Contacted with n-Alkanes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996. [DOI: 10.1021/jp952117t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- G. Brezesinski
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, and Universität Mainz, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Welder Weg 11, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, and Universität Mainz, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Welder Weg 11, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, and Universität Mainz, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Welder Weg 11, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Rudower Chaussee 5, 12489 Berlin, Germany, and Universität Mainz, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Welder Weg 11, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Use of pendent drop technique as a film balance at liquid/liquid interfaces. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/0927-7757(94)03062-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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