Abstract

Langmuir monolayers of long-chain fatty acids display a wide range of interesting flow and phase behaviors, but the correlation between these behaviors varies. In this paper, we report two interesting behaviors in a Langmuir monolayer of 2-hydroxy-tetracosanoic acid: phase coexistence between the L(2h) and L(2)' phases over a large pressure range and a peak in the viscosity and elastic modulus of the material as a function of pressure. The two behaviors are confirmed over a range of temperatures for which the location of the undistorted lattice appears to vary relative to the range of coexistence for the two phases. Evidence for a correlation between the phase behavior and the peak in the mechanical properties is presented.

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