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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS
Volume 225, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.104819
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Cholesterol; Langmuir monolayers; Phase transition; Molecular orientation; Film thickness measurements; PM-IRRAS
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Surface pressure (pi) - molecular area (A) isotherms of cholesterol were precisely measured to get insight into the orientation of molecules in Langmuir monolayers, which allowed to obtain detailed information on their phase behaviour. This was possible from the detailed analysis of the interfacial compressibility modulus versus surface pressure (Cs-1. pi) plots (obtained from the experimental surface pressure, pi - area, A isotherms) and films thickness measurements (applying Brewster angle microscope, BAM) complemented with polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS). At first glance, the isotherm for cholesterol is characterized by the major slope change of surface pressure versus area per molecule. However, a more detailed analysis showed the presence of a discontinuity and slope change both upon the compression and expansion of the monolayer. This discontinuity is more accurately reflected in the Cs-1. pi plot as a pseudo-plateau visible at pi values between approximately 5 and 10 mN/m. This plateau was found to be temperature-dependent. Also, film thickness versus area plot (th-A) exhibits a pseudo-plateau in this region of surface pressures, in which the monolayer thickness increased gradually from 1.15 nm to 1.5 nm. Interestingly, although cholesterol has been intensively investigated in Langmuir monolayers, the existence of such a plateau have been overlooked previously. By linking experimental thickness values with theoretical molecular conformations, we have identified the presence of this plateau to the solid-solid (S-S') second-order transition. Using 2D analog of Clausius-Clapeyron equation, the thermodynamic functions (Delta H and Delta S) for this transition have been calculated. Based on monolayer experiments, the orientation of molecules in both solid phases was assumed to differ in the orientation of short alkyl chain attached to C17, which has additionally been confirmed with PM-IRRAS analysis.
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