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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
Volume 129, Issue 27, Pages 8663-8667Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/ja071936b
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Permeation measurements have been made for He, CO2, and N-2 across single Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) bilayers derived from 1,2,4,5-tetrakis[(N-(undecanoamidoethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium) methyl]benzene tetrabromide (2) and 1,2,4,5-tetrakis[(N-(perfluoroundecanoamidoethyl)-N,N-dimethyl ammonium)methyl]benzene tetrabromide (3) in the absence and in the presence of entrapped poly(acrylic acid) (PAA). In the absence of PAA, single LB bilayers of 3 show a higher permeance for He and N-2 but a lower permeation rate of CO2, as compared with analogous LB bilayers made from 2. The relatively low permeation rate of CO2 for the former has been attributed to reduced associative interactions with the fluorocarbon-rich bilayer. The same behavior has also been observed for LB bilayers containing PAA, formed under conditions that yield glued bilayers of 2 and 3 having similar diffusional pathways, as judged by He/N-2 selectivities. These results, together with the fact that glued bilayers of 2 (having a thinner PAA layer as compared with those made from 3) exhibit lower He and N-2 permeances, provide compelling evidence that the main barrier for gas transport is the combination of surfactant plus PAA and not simply a thin PAA layer that is encased within the surfactant bilayer.
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