Abstract
Single Langmuir−Blodgett (LB) monolayers of behenic acid methyl ester (BAME) were studied by infrared spectroscopy. Anisotropic optical constants of this system were calculated from a perpendicular-polarized attenuated total reflectance spectrum and a parallel-polarized reflection−absorption spectrum and were compared to those obtained, in a previous article, for spin-coated multilayers (Pelletier, I.; Bourque, H.; Buffeteau, T.; Blaudez, D.; Desbat, B.; Pezolet, M. J. Phys. Chem. B 2002, 106, 1968). These optical constants were used to calculate the tilt angle of the alkyl chains in both types of films deposited on solid substrates and to simulate polarization modulation reflection−absorption spectra of the Langmuir film at the air/water interface. The results indicate that the molecular tilt angle is near 30° for spin-coated multilayers, while single LB monolayers have a tilt angle of 11 ± 2°. A similar orientation of the alkyl chains is obtained on single monolayers deposited onto solid substrates or s...
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